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when you got this powdercoated in armourtex how did you add the chrome and lacquer afterwards. Looks like a really good job and i am having this project going http://www.lfgss.com/thread41707.html#post1341817
could do with your advice

Do you think that colourtech will give the same quality as mercian or near-equal quality? Can they source the decals?
Ive read threads here that suggest that the quality is not always the best. It seems they put only 2-3 coats and condor frames apparently chip a lot. I know mercian wouldnt powdercoat it but my mercian still has the original paintjob from 1975 and is still near-perfect without a single chip.

So guys,
a mate of mine bought a Harry Quinn last year of ebay. He was a that point in his life when he decided that riding old terrible beaters was no longer acceptable and ask me for advice on buying a bike. We found a Harry Quinn, which admitedly, was in a terrible condition superficially but was sound and was full on nice components, most of them campag, nice copper-riveted b17, cinelli stem and handlebar. we bought it for 80 quid. i suggested he rides it a bit and if he likes it in the future we can renovate the frame and replace the few parts which were not matching although functional.

As you can see the frame is great, geometry is fantastic.
So the time for renovating it has finally come. We have stripped the bike from all components and the frame looks like this:

It has a small ding on the TT, but i this can be brass filled when it get repainted.
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The idea was to send it to a good place to get it revamped. I was told the best place in the country is Argos but the prices were a bit steep so i looked at Mercian. On their website the prices they list are def cheaper than argos.
My friend wanted to get the frame repainted in black and add chrome to the rear triangle and potentially get a chrome fork (i know it would make it look identical to Tommassitos bike but he likes it like that).
I send Mercian a email asking for a quote (I asked for two options for chroming one being the whole triangle (2.1) and one being just the right chainstay (2.2)
This is what their replied:

Hello Phillippos
Thank you for your enquiry below is some costing for you

1. Black enamel £100.00
   2.1. remove chrome extra 20% for work required to prepare for new chrome . Up to bridges £180.00
   2.2 " " " " " " " " " " " " Rear dropouts and right hand chainstay £100.00
   
2. fill dent in top tube £14.00
   
3. Transfers £25.00 and fitting £25.00 the 531 transfer £10.00
   
4. Lug lining if required £35.00 ( we think gold would look nice )
   All the above prices are plus vat at current rate and parcel force for delivery £20.56 inc vat
   thank you
   Grant
   Mercian Cycles Limited
   7 Shardlow Road
   Alvaston
   Derby
   DE240JG
   
   

From this i assume that the VAT is NOT included in the above prices so its very steep. Whithout the chroming and if you add VAT to the above prices it would be more than 210 pounds just for the black enamel, ding repair and new transfer (presumably underneath a layer of clear-lacquer.
If you add to that the chroming then i think the price gets so high its almost worth it to just buy another frame.
What would you do? Armourtex then get the transfers from Lloyd (who has them at the moment). Btw how would you get clear-lacquer ontop of the transfers if you got the frame resprayed in Armourtex. Thomas (my friend) isnt very keen on getting the whole frame painted in black enamel withouth any chrome so we're a bit stuck on ideas. What do you think, what's your experience. I know some of you have used Vaz but it seems there are very mixed reactions.
I'll stop here, sorry for the massive post and size of pics.
phi

i am postdoc, have been in the field for 5 years and did my PhD in it. Its not a big community. Larry Zweibel is a nice guy, i tried to teach him how to make transgenic mosquitoes.

@phi_pp are you at the lab on the outskirts of Oxford?

no i'm in imperial. the lab just outside oxford in didcut parkway industrial estate is Luke Alpheys, formerly Oxford Zoology

i know someone from my time in the states who got it, it was big news. got it for olfactory receptors and stuff.

our lab got it a few years ago still going on, extented for a 2 more years, it was massive. the guy you refer to is Larry Zweibel, or someone in his group.

now trying to get money for the next few years.

gates foundation?

not this time

writing grants for work with evidence:

Given the importance of this mosquito for public health and the significance of the sexes of this species where only females are capable of transmitting disease, an enrichment of our understanding of how sex is determined will become invaluable for future intervention strategies, whether these aim at interfering with the mosquitoes reproductive capacity or simply require male-only releases of disease refractory strains.

So this man suffers from parkinson and can barely walk but when he gets on the bike...

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/03/31/health/1247467498167/bicycling-with-parkinson-s.html

seatpost sorted. still need the rear brake or rear brake cable mount

campag seatpost please. PMed

surely someone got some?

a bit crazy but for all of you that cant justify another bike, this Cougar is justifiably different:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cougar-SRS-racing-trials-bike-endorsed-by-Terry-Dolan_W0QQitemZ200460783528QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item2eac64cfa8

doenst affect performance till you're using a manhole cover for floss

cheers ian but i am good with levers. r those the original hoods btw? only need the actual rear brake or simpler the bolt-on cable holder.

i somehow lost the piece in the rear brake that holds the brake cable in place, underneath the quick release during the painfully slow build of my next bike. If anyone has the rear brake sitting around in the basement/shed/man-drawer cause he is running only a front then i would like to take it off your hands, trust me i know i have loads a half-destroyed or unused rear brakes sitting in boxes.

also i am looking for a 27.0 seatpost, silver/chrome. any of them anyone?

this is getting out of control.
suggest ebay(bikerelatedfinds)thread

dibs shimano 600 post 27.2 if it hasnt gove already. can pick up hackney.

someone will relax!

Dibs on chopped brooks if payment fails

just found this dynamo powered phone charger. its a good idea, converts a car cigarette lighter phone adapter (which exists for most phones) into a dynamo http://www.ikonglobal.com/.

i dont have an iphone, waiting for my next upgrade. for the time being i have a windows phone and have been looking into comparable options for these. runGPS seems to be pretty good, has a great route creater which is not only based on google maps, but seems to integrate OSM data and cycle routes and has a community where they upload routes etc as well. havent tested yet. has anyone here?

look like mavic ma2

my number is 07967374420 if you want to arrange for tomorrow

man that is amzazing. ill give a four-pack.
will pick up from you asap, i live in lewisham so it should be way too easy. the problem is i am going to cornwall this weekend so i will try and see if i can make it tomorrow, otherwise it will have to wait till the next weekend. hope that is ok with you. in the meantime i will get shifters for braze-on fromt the bay, or hilary (he was also having a look for me if he had any, so might get from him for wasting his time).
btw it will fit a 531 right?

oh and the downtube doesnt have the bump for the shifter. didnt think that would be a big deal. is it really neccessary?