Loving the Raw look show me your bike as iam looking for idea's.
Cheers Ian
It did look like this.
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Now after a hell of a lot of work and as much swearing it looks like this.
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This is totally bare metal I never polished it and havn't done anything to it since. It doesn't look all dull and oxidised either its still like the pics.
I bring you the Penance Super Niche.
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Thrown together from assorted products I have regretted buying* so I could try out belt drive, and then raced in the SSUK to test it.
(*That's why it's called the Penance, the Super Niche is kind of obvious)
Not to be confused with my later Penance Ultra Niche which isn't so much of a penance 🙂
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liking the ultra-niche 🙂
Curtis pro street in raw steel.
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Brian is that a Funk? I think they had straight stays, so prob not.
A quick google says "no".
The bars are upside down on the ultra niche. Just thought I'd tell you.
Does that brake cable double as a lasso?
GlitterGary - Member
The bars are upside down on the ultra niche.
Not the way I ride it 🙂
Rusty Shackleford - Member
Does that brake cable double as a lasso?
Unfinished pic. Didn't have a barb so I could shorten it, but yes very effective. 🙂
I'm not usually a fan of 'raw'; most of the time it just looks messy and unfinished. But this one I think works really well, although it's not mine.
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My 'stock' raw 5 Spot. I love that it's raw, I don't worry about it as much.
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another one of mine.
sadly still missing somewhere in south wales since it was stolen back November 2010
I've been thinking of rawing/polishing my Heckler and this really isnt helping lol
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120mm 29er SS, ace bike for playing on
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mine! 🙂
Ooh baby I like it raw.
Well, mostly raw anyway...
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yeti dj, nude.
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Great stuff, more please! That first Enduro is absolutely gorgeous! Really tempted to try it on an old frame now, any tutorials out there on how? Sandpaper grades etc?
Great pic Jedi. A micro second later and the sun would have been literally shining out of your...
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Turner RFX 2008, Before:
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Cheating raw...
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o96192083 - Member
Great stuff, more please! That first Enduro is absolutely gorgeous! Really tempted to try it on an old frame now, any tutorials out there on how? Sandpaper grades etc?
Thanks. Depending on the quality/thickness of the paint your approach should vary. I wouldn't and didn't use sand paper as it will leave scratches and take away the detail of the welds, which on the Enduro look nice. Start off with nitromors and either a plastic scraper or some wire wool. I had to use shed loads of both as the paint was a real pig to remove, I think it was powder coat to be honest. It took over a week doing it for about 3 hours every night. Some people say the paint just falls off and it takes them less than an hour to do a whole frame.
Love that finish Hugor. do you ever ride it ? 😆
Thanks. Depending on the quality/thickness of the paint your approach should vary. I wouldn't and didn't use sand paper as it will leave scratches and take away the detail of the welds, which on the Enduro look nice. Start off with nitromors and either a plastic scraper or some wire wool. I had to use shed loads of both as the paint was a real pig to remove, I think it was powder coat to be honest. It took over a week doing it for about 3 hours every night. Some people say the paint just falls off and it takes them less than an hour to do a whole frame.
Cheers for the reply. I will look into the nitromors, not heard of that! And what about protection? surely with no lacquer it will just rust? Or am I wrong?
Does it have to be raw metal or is carbon allowed?
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raw/polished is the best colour for a bike 🙂
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Love that finish Hugor. do you ever ride it ?
The shop took those pics just after they built it for me and used it for their website.
The good thing about raw bikes though is they maintain their finish very well.
That bike is 3 years old and if I clean it looks much like those pics.
Raw and retro!
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How on earth do you stop that raw Curtis going rusty? Most bare steel rusts just sitting there!
o96192083
If its steel it will rust, what you could do to stop this is take it to the local powder coaters and get them to clear coat it. This will work much better than any rattle can laquer home job. Aluminum like most of the above bikes won't rust.
Now if your lucky the paint will do this...
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...leaving you with this...
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Trouble is the frame had been blasted & it took literally 3 hours of laborious flatting & polishing, with three graded mops & soaps to acheive this...
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At which point I gave up & had it powder coated silver.
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And then promptly sold it.
At which point the Wife went...
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Takisawa you lucky git I wish my frame had bubbled up like that.
At least the metal under mine was nice and smooth. Although I did wish half way through that I had just had it powder coated in the first place.
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Raw frames look the tits. When the paint job on my Lap. is a mess I might just strip all the paint off and go for the raw look.
Hmmm to polish or to powdercoat. My frame is anodised so could be tricky to strip and polish.
Out of curiousity what do you mean by "flatting", is this sanding?
Raw is the awesomeness.
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Don't polish. Polished frames look guff. Raw does not. I am not bias at all. Ever.
Raw frames look awful in photos but great in real life.
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My Giant Trance MK1:
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My Federal home ROAR and clear coat job. Sold it a year or so later to fund another project but the finish held up fine:
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My 1952 Schwinn cruiser which is very much work in progress. I still need to finish the frame and clear coat it for a start:
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Does anyone know if you get the same effect with shot blasting or does that give a dull finish. do you have to. do it by hand? i only ask as i was going to get my frame powder coated black, but this looks so good i wonder if i could get the company to blast it and then matt lacquer it?
I would have thought that media blasting would make it a bit dull, I guess some types might actually make it shiny.
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My Reign rawed. Why anyone spends hours fiddling about with Nitromours I'll never know. £25 to have it dipped at a powder coaters, Bobs your wossname...
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Up to its nuts in the worst kind of xc crop-infested hell.
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My 2011 Epic evo
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My Reign rawed. Why anyone spends hours fiddling about with Nitromours I'll never know. £25 to have it dipped at a powder coaters, Bobs your wossname...
But then you've gotta pay a bikeshop to get everything rethreaded, etc...? or am I wrong
WOuld you not be wise to get the threads etc redone after going at it with nitromors and wire wool just to be on the safe side. I mean while you've got the frame stripped off you might as well.
why would you?
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Because ti is meant to be raw. 🙂
Teaser shot:
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In a proper environment:
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My Giant Trance will soon be raw going by the amount of cable rub, well as soon as the DOT 4 leaks out of the brake hose it will. 😐
My Reign rawed. Why anyone spends hours fiddling about with Nitromours I'll never know. £25 to have it dipped at a powder coaters, Bobs your wossname...But then you've gotta pay a bikeshop to get everything rethreaded, etc...? or am I wrong
Not sure why things would need re-threading. There shouldn't be paint in the threads anyway. I've not had to touch a thing on mine. Came back from being dipped, I gave it a very light buff with fine wire wool and built it back up....
My 5.5 evp ........ much missed (at times!)
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Not sure why things would need re-threading. There shouldn't be paint in the threads anyway. I've not had to touch a thing on mine. Came back from being dipped, I gave it a very light buff with fine wire wool and built it back up....
Nice one. Can I ask what colour you got it dipped in? Just 'raw'? Or is there no such colour and it's an explanation 😛
raw as in raw metal
Nice one. Can I ask what colour you got it dipped in? Just 'raw'? Or is there no such colour and it's an explanation
Think you got the wrong end of the stick. Dipping is what is done to remove the paint. Its dipped in a big bath of nasty chemicals and the paint falls off. My giant was white before it was dipped. 'Raw' means raw, no paint, just bare aluminum or steel.
Can an anodized frame be dipped?
Raw steel grrrrrrrrr
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Shameless spam, too: the whole lot is for sale, coming to the classifieds soon!
Threefish - I think Infidel is after your forks mate.
Raw Ti loveliness
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Three Fish - What's the stem?
I think Infidel is after your forks mate.
Yes; we're in communication. Thanks.
What's the stem?
Thomson 50mm/0deg Elite X4.
My email is in my profile if anyone has Qs. I don't want to conduct any more sale inquiries on a forum thread.
Epicyclo - Just gotta say, I saw that pic of your Ultra Niche on Saturday and haven't been able to get it out of my head since.
Superb-looking bike and one I would love to see in motion...
Raw Alu Rush - with fresh Newnham mud from The Stinger this past sunday
Scratches on a raw frame don't look as bad as paint scratches...
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Once you've stripped the paint off the frame, is it neccessary to apply some sort of finish, rather than leave bare metal?
Mine is just bare metal, but then it is Ali.
So no clearcoat?
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i have an enduro 09 but its an anodized finish i believe. can that be stripped or does it need to be rubbed down?? i like the raw finish but have thought of powder coating it. any good places to have this done, i live in wales but im sure i could post the frame.
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This took bloody ages using the nitromors and elbow grease method:
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But then I got this done to it, which made all the faff worthwhile:
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My advice to anyone would be not to do it yourself. I'm glad I did but I'd never do it again.
Yeah I paint stripped my Raleigh night burner to leave the chrome finish underneath and it was hard work.
Godzilla no clear coat no.
Pease I think it can be done with caustic soda but you will need to be careful and your warranty will be worthless. If you want it powdercoated, I'm pretty sure you can just do it over the anodising.
yeah thats cool. kinda why i was thinking about powder coat rather than trying to get it back to the RAW finish. would be good to find somewhere that does a good job but also doesnt take an age as i only have the one bike.
I went for the raw because I didn't want to spend the money on the pc but because my paint was so tough it cost me just as much and took longer. I have had one done at powder coatings in Birmingham before and it was around £35 it took a week and was a great job. You have to remember to factor in new bearings and some decals to the cost and time. It can get expensive especially if you have to post it and get a shop to do the bearings/assembly.