Thegreatthor
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- Location
- Howden, East Yorkshire
Looking to build a gravel bike. Doesn’t need to be anything fancy. Any recommendations for an inexpensive frame.
My lad rides one of these, he got a complete used bike at a good price.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FRPXXLAFMSET/planet-x-xla-alloy-cyclocross-frameset
They don't have much in the way of a low cost gravel frame unless wanting cantilever brakes. They do have an almost half price Bianchi disc brake gravel bike at £600 though+1 on Merlin.
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I have done a few, always removing the old paint, then primer, paint, varnish all with rattle cans, a lot of effort and far better to get someone else to do it.Looks nice and good value for money.
Has anyone ever tried to repaint a frameset? Complete newbie question: to get a good result can you just paint over it or do you need to remove the original paint and then prime/paint again?