If ever a Klein was in need of a refurb...!

[nausea]

This will hopefully be an interesting project. Having owned this Pinnacle for 33 years, it's gone from its original gloss black, to a raw aluminium incarnation, to a rat bike as you see here.

The idea is to do a high quality paint job using marine / heritage enamel paints. I am a canal boat painter and have about £1000 worth of spare paint lying around so it seems a bit silly to consider using anything else!

In terms of paint scheme, I'm thinking a nod to the traditional with a unique twist - "Rainforest-esque". The paint will be applied in the same manner as the famous Rainforest scheme but in more muted green shades. Much as I loved that scheme, the use of black jarred with me a bit so I'll be using a pale-ish muted green for the base coat with two other green shades - one lighter, one darker, for the sponge applied elements.

Were the Pinnacle and Rascal available in Rainforest? I have seen one Rascal in that scheme but I wonder whether that might have been a repaint...

Anyway, hoping to get this project done within a month but we'll see how it goes!!

 

[bikeworkshop]

Not tempted by a "roses and castles" retrobike?
Your bound to have the right colours!

 

[nausea]

Not tempted by a "roses and castles" retrobike?
Your bound to have the right colours!

Haha! That would be an interesting crossover for sure!

 

[7Speed]

You have to show us some of your work now @nausea !? Bikes and Boats thread ….?

 

[highlandsflyer]

Drawing up a chair for this refurb. Love the rat bike.

 

[nausea]

You have to show us some of your work now @nausea !? Bikes and Boats thread ….?

Here are a couple of good ones... I'm going to be brush painting this frame as I would a boat. That might sound strange but I noticed when painting cylindrical items on the boats such as handrails and tiller arms, the finish turns out incredibly smooth. It's to do with the fact that the internal portion of the paint is smaller than the external area so as the paint contracts the brush marks disappear!

 

[nausea]

Drawing up a chair for this refurb. Love the rat bike.

Thanks! For a while I was probably the only person in the country to be cycling to the supermarket on a pre-Trek Klein. A hideous paint job is a more effective theft deterrent than a massive lock when leaving your bike outside the shops!

 

[doctor-bond]

Sounds like a great plan. Looking forward to seeing your work.

(Although pretty sure that is an original and rare “derelicte” colourway - you may loose some investment value by repainting ….)

 

[27motorhead]

@Imlach !!! A Klein you would love. We cannot say that very often can we?!*