This is my fixie:
2016-02-19_05-45-53 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
I built it in 2004 from a secondhand Raleigh 531 F&F and a bunch of secondhand bits and stuff I had in my toolbox. A few bits have changed since then: I tore the original knackered Brooks B17 with my knee after a pedal strike, I rebuilt the rear wheel and got a good secondhand Aksium for the front, but it's fundamentally the same bike. I commuted on it across London for a while, and around Oxford, but it's not been used much recently (it's significantly slower than a geared road bike for my current 12-15 mile commute). It was looking somewhat sorry for itself as well, so I decided I would completely refurbish it (and maybe I'll increase the gearing too when I rebuild it).
So I stripped it down to bare bones (and after this pulled the cranks and the bottom bracket/headset):
2017-09-25_09-32-51 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
And I took it to a local place to blast it. Collected it today:
IMG_20171027_152712 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
IMG_20171027_152740 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
IMG_20171027_152727 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
IMG_20171027_152720 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
While I love the way that the brazing looks, the tube surface is a little rough, so it needed a primer before the main event:
IMG_20171027_170809 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
IMG_20171027_170818 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
Sanding tomorrow, hopefully followed by some of the detail spraying.
The supplies I got (from spray.bike):
IMG_20171027_181547 by duncancmartin, on Flickr
The plan is to fade the luminous colours on the top tube and down tube in blue-pink-orange-pink-blue, and then mask it so there's a nice straight strip along the top of the tube,and then spray the rest of the main triangle plum. Similar plan with the inside of the rear triangle and forks, but with a single luminous colour (blue for forks and orange or pink for rear triangle). Masking these bits is going to be tricky.
I'd love to pick out the edges of the lugs and the Raleigh pressed into the top of the seatstays, but while that would be easy with a brush, I don't think there's a straightforward way with spray paints (unless anyone has any great ideas?).
Cheers
Duncan
2016-02-19_05-45-53 by duncancmartin, on FlickrI built it in 2004 from a secondhand Raleigh 531 F&F and a bunch of secondhand bits and stuff I had in my toolbox. A few bits have changed since then: I tore the original knackered Brooks B17 with my knee after a pedal strike, I rebuilt the rear wheel and got a good secondhand Aksium for the front, but it's fundamentally the same bike. I commuted on it across London for a while, and around Oxford, but it's not been used much recently (it's significantly slower than a geared road bike for my current 12-15 mile commute). It was looking somewhat sorry for itself as well, so I decided I would completely refurbish it (and maybe I'll increase the gearing too when I rebuild it).
So I stripped it down to bare bones (and after this pulled the cranks and the bottom bracket/headset):
2017-09-25_09-32-51 by duncancmartin, on FlickrAnd I took it to a local place to blast it. Collected it today:
IMG_20171027_152712 by duncancmartin, on FlickrIMG_20171027_152740 by duncancmartin, on FlickrIMG_20171027_152727 by duncancmartin, on FlickrIMG_20171027_152720 by duncancmartin, on FlickrWhile I love the way that the brazing looks, the tube surface is a little rough, so it needed a primer before the main event:
IMG_20171027_170809 by duncancmartin, on FlickrIMG_20171027_170818 by duncancmartin, on FlickrSanding tomorrow, hopefully followed by some of the detail spraying.
The supplies I got (from spray.bike):
IMG_20171027_181547 by duncancmartin, on FlickrThe plan is to fade the luminous colours on the top tube and down tube in blue-pink-orange-pink-blue, and then mask it so there's a nice straight strip along the top of the tube,and then spray the rest of the main triangle plum. Similar plan with the inside of the rear triangle and forks, but with a single luminous colour (blue for forks and orange or pink for rear triangle). Masking these bits is going to be tricky.
I'd love to pick out the edges of the lugs and the Raleigh pressed into the top of the seatstays, but while that would be easy with a brush, I don't think there's a straightforward way with spray paints (unless anyone has any great ideas?).
Cheers
Duncan
