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Sandy Morton said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Al C-F said:

BRG is the /only/ colour for a gentleman's bicycle.

Unless one is a Scot in which case the Ecurie Ecosse blue was a wee
bit gorgeous.

Gentlemen? In Scotland?

Jon is Away! said:

This however leaves the usual dilemma; what colour?

I nearly bought a metallic Racing Green, but couldn't bring myself to
paint my bike with a paint made for Rover cars. I have two tins of a
darkish green enamel from Plastikote.

Jon

Blonde said:

I am informed by a reliable source that yellow is in fact the fastest
colour!

Havers! I have a yellow bike, and I can say with certainty that I am
regularly overtaken by faster bikes of a non-yellow persuasion. There can
be only one explanation for this, but I can't think what it might be 😉

My black bike (matt black, but only through having numerous scratches on
it), however, is rarely overtaken. Although this may be related to the fact
that it is rarely ridden.

Graeme

Jon Senior said:

Jon is Away! said:

This however leaves the usual dilemma; what colour?

I nearly bought a metallic Racing Green, but couldn't bring myself to
paint my bike with a paint made for Rover cars. I have two tins of a
darkish green enamel from Plastikote.

So a flaky green paint job coming up...

Just bite the bullet and get it powder coated. You know you want to ;-)

...d

Jon Senior said:

Despite the above, I am looking at taking the frame parts to a guy in
Dalkeith that does powder coating. He's quoting £25 for a normal bike,
but I have a feeling this will be a bit more. I need to finish tidying
the brazing before I can take it out to him for evaluation though.

A small stone bit like these in the end of a power drill can make it a
lot less tedious.
http://machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=060220684&r=2120&g=115 (look at
the conical grinding bits)

You'll definitely find it easier with a decent torch. You can pop over
and borrow mine for hooves3.. I might even be tempted to get some
Acetylene though that would require springing for a regulator as well
as the cylinder hire.

...d

David Martin said:

So a flaky green paint job coming up...

It's generally not too bad. The uncoated metallic red (pink!) that I
used for Hooves1.5 cured quite nicely over the period of a couple of
weeks and although it isn't as tough as a stove enamelled job, it's not
that bad. I'm also going to be using an acrylic clear laquer to cover
the decals and the rest of the frame for that bit of extra protection.

Quoted message said:

Just bite the bullet and get it powder coated. You know you want to ;-)

Despite the above, I am looking at taking the frame parts to a guy in
Dalkeith that does powder coating. He's quoting £25 for a normal bike,
but I have a feeling this will be a bit more. I need to finish tidying
the brazing before I can take it out to him for evaluation though.

Jon

David Martin said:

A small stone bit like these in the end of a power drill can make it a
lot less tedious.
http://machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=060220684&r=2120&g=115 (look at
the conical grinding bits)

Got a set yesterday morning, but work got in the way of sitting in the
workshop with a drill (And some headphones! What a noise.).

Quoted message said:

You'll definitely find it easier with a decent torch. You can pop over
and borrow mine for hooves3.. I might even be tempted to get some
Acetylene though that would require springing for a regulator as well
as the cylinder hire.

Just having a proper brazing bit for the MAPP torch would be enough, but
I suspect that fine flames are not possible without an oxygen supply.

Jon

Jon Senior said:

David Martin said:

A small stone bit like these in the end of a power drill can make it a
lot less tedious.
http://machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=060220684&r=2120&g=115 (look at
the conical grinding bits)

Got a set yesterday morning, but work got in the way of sitting in the
workshop with a drill (And some headphones! What a noise.).

Quoted message said:

You'll definitely find it easier with a decent torch. You can pop over
and borrow mine for hooves3.. I might even be tempted to get some
Acetylene though that would require springing for a regulator as well
as the cylinder hire.

Just having a proper brazing bit for the MAPP torch would be enough, but
I suspect that fine flames are not possible without an oxygen supply.

Probably a big difference. Oxy/Propane is on the limits for big brazing
jobs. I end up using a relatively large flame with a lot of oxygen
(which is probably bad). Acetylene would give more control (and more
chance to really bugger things up too..).

...d

David Martin said:

Probably a big difference. Oxy/Propane is on the limits for big brazing
jobs. I end up using a relatively large flame with a lot of oxygen
(which is probably bad). Acetylene would give more control (and more
chance to really bugger things up too..).

It is apparently possible to modify the Oxy-MAPP kit from Bernzomatic so
that it uses larger refillable oxygen cylinders instead of the useless
disposable ones.

Jon