Now painted. It's not perfect but no home respray is. I painted directly over the chrome but I think it would've been better to sand the chrome down. I used two coats of primer, two coats of silver and one coat of green & purple fade. The fade wasn't easy and took a few practice go's on some discarded drain pipe. I hung it from my washing line using a coat hanger and wire to spray. Lots of masking of rear triangle which is kept chromed.
Gonna start building it up.
So far I have
- 1" carbon fork from AliExpress.
- FSA orbit X aheadset 1" inch
- 3TT forma handlebars from the late 90's in ice grey
- Oval concepts stem with shim (circa 2007)
- unbranded carbon post from AliExpress (very light ~ 110g)
- Selle Italia SLR saddle
- Tiagra 4700 brakes and rear mech (new) in ice grey
- Ultegra SL ice grey 6601 cranks and front mech (circa 2007)
- Token outer bearing bottom bracket Italian threads
- Microshift R10 10 speed gear/brake levers (good price off eBay)
- Michelin pro 3 tyres in grey (been hoarding 'um since about 2006)
- low mileage Planet X wheels with sealed bearing hubs (circa 2007)
- jagwire outer cables in white
- cheap white cork bar tape for £3.00 (eBay)
- Shimano pd-m520 pedals in white
