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Honestly, it's fine for a temporary freshen up. And it comes in lots of nice colours. But it just isn't durable enough for a bike frame.

Of course it depends whether you want the outcome, or like many of us here, the project

that's a nice colourway for sure

spray.bike is really not good paint imo

somehow manages to be both soft and brittle

first couple of v light coats on

impressions are this is quite good paint for a rattle can. Seems quite tough already. maybe I've learned a little patience too.

watching in earnest

oh yeah for sure - despite being partial to the odd rollie i quite like my lungs

eyy, lovely.

This one's basically getting a rattlecan - I'm not really set up for wet spray - and I don't really think that most consumer rattlecans are good for bike frames; ie they're quite soft. Even with that Spraymax 2k lacquer stuff.

I'm trying that Hard Hat paint this time (before maybe committing to a gun, compressor, 2-part epoxy paint down the line....) which has a pretty limited range of RAL shades to choose from, but is supposed to be a little bit tougher. It's quite cheap, it's only really cost me £30, plus time obviously (which is in abundance here). If it's bad I'll just send to steve.

Have alternated between brown, some yellows (both a big brother big-bro-y though), before settling on a vaguely volvo cream. I have some silver hope hubs and headset, maybe a dropper, some sweepy bars as per the modern trend, so yea - rigid atb thing for going stone bothering on the moors.

850r yellow would be nice though ;)

that fence has seen many a bike photo

good bike

mildtainbike reference

not a total bargain, but seller sent through an offer of £500 - looks like a decent value normie gravel whip

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256429113802?

also - is anyone on here based in Devon?

Made a great little group of bike friends (mostly, as it happens, from here) in London, over the years.

Starting to think about getting up on the moors, and out in the lanes a bit more as spring teases it's way in....

primer going on

which colour will it be?

how're you getting on with the race kings? :)

super

I can see why these tend to be cnc machined though, now I've had a little attempt - much easier to get it a little more tucked in.

I may make v0.1 but tbh I doubt it

seems alright

next time I'd probably make the projection about 5 or 6mm shorter, and maybe move the right angle bit up the bracket slightly so that the light sits a little lower? idk

little rub down with some abrasive pad - seems fine, looks like it'll clear what it needs to clear. Fine.

yeah it did - i could only find a bit of 3mm aluminium, so it bends quite easily (too easily?). I think next time I'd probably opt for 4mm, or maybe 2.5-3mm stainless... I literally don't know

I am sorely tempted to abandon painting an old rigid genesis 29er and simply acquire this

not my finest work but neither is it my worst

my engineering prowess knows no bounds

need a little rear supernova light mount and don't want to pay £20

after an extensive r+d regime, I've settled on something that might look a bit like this

I quite like it, looks improvised (even if it might not be) and something a little different - although obviously having them to hand is quite nice too

sigh old habits die hard

this came out great! agree that the drivetrain is particularly sweet