Hey chimbleysweep!

Who knew I'd become so close to Rustoleum and Steel Wool?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Good one thirsty, just make sure the wheels are good. You dont want them collapsing the first time you hit a pot hole……..

I bet getting a bike painted prefessionally is really expensive.

I was thinking of getting some car wheels powdercoated and I got quotes of around $80 a wheel. I wonder if anyone in the auto industry knows of anywhere cheaper.

(I want to get a new set of holies for the mini and powdercoat them black)

I just found a few of places on the web that paint bike frames or powder coat them. It seems the price range is $120 - $400 depending on what you want….much less than I was thinking actually. I may have to do it over the winter.

I'll check on the other thing for you and get back to you.

I could probably use some help looking at sizing of wheels, crank arms, and such.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Good one thirsty, just make sure the wheels are good. You dont want them collapsing the first time you hit a pot hole……..

Originally posted by Bollocks:

I'll check on the other thing for you and get back to you.

Thankyou.

Does the charge including taking apart your bike, stripping the old paint, powdercoating, then clearcoating and finally putting it all back together? If so I reckon anything under $250 is a good deal.

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
I could probably use some help looking at sizing of wheels, crank arms, and such.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Good one thirsty, just make sure the wheels are good. You dont want them collapsing the first time you hit a pot hole……..

Have you got your ebay listing so we can see what you actually got?

If I were you I would get all the parts off of ebay. I decent set of new wheels, hell even a crap set, will cost you more than $50

The place who powder coats the rims and brake calipers etc. for us charges $95 a rim. They also do bike frames for $115! I've seen their work and it's excellent.

still, though… $100 for paint on a $50 bike? Even on a $1000 bike it seems a little silly, but I guess to each his own. I just cover mine in stickers. It helps ward off possible theft.

Originally posted by mark e smith:

Originally posted by Bollocks:

I'll check on the other thing for you and get back to you.

Thankyou.

Does the charge including taking apart your bike, stripping the old paint, powdercoating, then clearcoating and finally putting it all back together? If so I reckon anything under $250 is a good deal.

You just ship the frame to them so have to disassemble it yourself. It doesn't include any damage repairs but does include prep, paint/powder and clearcoat.

Oh, I'll be painting the bike on my own.

Here's a brief description straight from the seller's mouth.

The steel used was True Temper RC cromoly. There are two sets of water bottle braze ons. The size is 52 cm, c-to-c, and the top tube length is 545 mm, also c-to-c. The wheelbase is 1005 mm . The BB shell is 68 mm, of course, and the rear spacing is 130 mm (eight or 9-speed). The seatpost is a nice Zoom. The stem is a T-Bone, 90mm extension. The handlebar is an SR with the Modolo bend, its c-to-c width is 390 mm, and it is grooved for aero cables.

<img src="http://i23.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/87/d7/aa_1_sb.JPG" alt=" - " />

Originally posted by chimblysweep:
still, though… $100 for paint on a $50 bike? Even on a $1000 bike it seems a little silly, but I guess to each his own. I just cover mine in stickers. It helps ward off possible theft.

That's both sad and funny at the same time…it sounds to me like someone knows him/her and is just fucking with them.

I would love a custom paint job on my bike, you have you're stickers and I have my paint. If it' bike you intend to keep for a long time I think there's nothing wrong with personalizing it….just no flames or tribal shit though!

Yeah, $95 a rim is too much. I might as well just get some rims that are black to start off with. I do like the holies though…….

So you know removing bottom brackets is tricky? And that removing the headset is a job best left to a pro…… Perhaps you wont have to remove the headset?

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Oh, I'll be painting the bike on my own.

Well that looks like a nice enough frame.

You might be as well finding another cheap donor bike on ebay and stripping it….. There is a lot of stuff you need. Wheels brakes, chainset, chain, shifters, saddle. You could spend a fortune on all that stuff from a bike shop. Just the tools you need to put a bottom bracket in and attach the crank will cost you $20…….

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Yeah, $95 a rim is too much. I might as well just get some rims that are black to start off with. I do like the holies though…….

So you know removing bottom brackets is tricky? And that removing the headset is a job best left to a pro…… Perhaps you wont have to remove the headset?

I wouldn't even try to disassemble my Mercier on my own. I'd pay a bike shop to do it and pack it for shipping, then have them re-assemble it when it comes back. I would like to eventually be able to work on my own bike, but not yet…I'm tempted to buy a piece of old crap to take apart and put back together again first.

Originally posted by Bollocks:
I'm tempted to buy a piece of old crap to take apart and put back together again first.

No you can do everything eaily enough apart from the headset. Just the tolls will cost you a bit though.

A bike shop is probably going to charge $100 dismantling and then $100 to put it back together.

Personally I dont think a paint job is worth that kind of money unless your frame is really nice, but in a cosmetic mess. You can get top line frames for $500. Yours is a great tubeset though.

Originally posted by mark e smith:

Originally posted by Bollocks:
I'm tempted to buy a piece of old crap to take apart and put back together again first.

No you can do everything eaily enough apart from the headset. Just the tolls will cost you a bit though.

A bike shop is probably going to charge $100 dismantling and then $100 to put it back together.

Personally I dont think a paint job is worth that kind of money unless your frame is really nice, but in a cosmetic mess. You can get top line frames for $500. Yours is a great tubeset though.

I'm not doing it anytime soon, as boring as blue/black is, it's still looks pretty nice for now….maybe after a couple of years when it's looking dull and I can take it apart myself I may get something done.

I won't need shifters. This is going to be a single speed/fixed gear.

I've been reading up on this site here.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Wheels, brakes, chainset, chain, shifters, saddle. You could spend a fortune on all that stuff from a bike shop. Just the tools you need to put a bottom bracket in and attach the crank will cost you $20…….

I've wanted to build a fixie but have heard that it's tough to get the chain to fit right– do you have any strategies?

I think most people overcome this by using a Surly Singleator, but that's sorta cheating.

This is my first build, so I've got the same questions you do. I do agree that using a Singleator is cheating though. Plus it clutters up the chainline. And that's one of the things we're trying to avoid, aren't we?

Lemme know how that chain thing turns out.
One Surly accessory is a must, though…
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related sidenote: you know it's spring when you have to go half a block away to find bike parking at Black Cat. there were a few good looking rides there last night… like someone's fixie gray Bianchi, right in front of the club… *drool*

Someone also has a really nice pink fixie that's always at St Ex…