Illaveago
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- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
What sort of enamel is it ? Aerosol ?
Another project!
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Yes, it's just spray enamel from Wilco's. I took the glaze off the powdercoat first then sprayed straight over; I figured that it's quite hard wearing and I can touch up the enamel easily when it gets scratched.
ChrisEyles
Guru
- Location
- Devon
I've repainted a few frames in (brush on) enamel, and it took a while for the paint to fully harden, around ten days. A few years on it has the odd chip and rub mark but still looks great, and as you say it's dead easy to touch up if it ever needs it.
Love the colour you've gone for, that's going to look lovely when built up.
Love the colour you've gone for, that's going to look lovely when built up.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
There's no need for name calling
uphillstruggler
Guru
- Location
- Half way there
just looking at the colour, really good finish.
just a thought, could you call lee cooper and ask him for one of his head badges? He's a nice guy and they look quite smart
just a thought, could you call lee cooper and ask him for one of his head badges? He's a nice guy and they look quite smart
uphillstruggler
Guru
- Location
- Half way there
Why wouldn't you want one of those?
I did ask about a head badge but he didn't reply on that one. Maybe I should try again.
The finish is awful up close! I was going to rub it down and give it another coat but I can't be bothered tbh.
uphillstruggler
Guru
- Location
- Half way there
I called into see him once, nice guy but isn't the most proactive on the contact front. how did you contact him?
I think I emailed first then called him after I received a reply.
best of luck if that's what you are after
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jayonabike
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- Location
- Hertfordshire
Definitely go for the head badge, here’s mine
I emailed asking about the tubing and the year; it's 531 and was made in 1995. I asked for a head badge but the request probably got lost amongst the other stuff in the conversation. He did seem to be happy to communicate considering I bought the frame secondhand, for cheap!
A few more pictures. I set up the back brake yesterday, and the BB, cranks and chain.
I had to fit the chainring back to front as the chain line is rubbish. It's that close now to the stay that it might rub in which case I'll have to move it again. I have some different cranks I could use but they are 5mm shorter at 165mm.
Do the bars look silly at that angle? The drop is a lot more than it looked in the pictures on ebay, and I've tipped them back to get a better position on the hoods.
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Just about finished now. The chain is very noisy for some reason (maybe because I'm using an old chainring back to front) but it feels good otherwise! It seems to pick up well, even using 48x17, and it feels light and aggressive.
It's not suddenly green; the green background is screwing up my phone camera.
It's not suddenly green; the green background is screwing up my phone camera.
Hmm... bars and stem very flexy. shame, it seems like a good climber otherwise. I might try my ATAC stem and straight bars with bar ends off Aryton (my Falcon Team Equipe). Otherwise I could try dropping the stem as far as it'll go, but the riding position will then be a bit extreme...