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[Closed] Ti frames,, painted or naked?

adeward

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I am expecting a titanium 29er prototype in the next couple of weeks,

the question is naked or painted,,

Posted : 07/02/2011 9:34 pm

ken_shields

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Naked and very shiny

[img] http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=ynfth7&outx=800&quality=70 [/img]

Painted

[img] http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y6scnp&outx=800&quality=70 [/img]

Posted : 07/02/2011 9:40 pm

flyingfox

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Seriously?

No choice. Naked.

Posted : 07/02/2011 9:47 pm

placid_casual

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shiny
[url= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5372805573_3072e651c2.jp g" target="_blank">http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5372805573_3072e651c2.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/placid_casual/5372805573/ ]titanium pompblingamine lighpaint[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/placid_casual/ ]placid casual[/url], on Flickr

Posted : 07/02/2011 9:49 pm

Hornet600

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Naked without question.

Posted : 07/02/2011 9:50 pm

mmb

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why paint it? it'll just weigh more and won't look as good.

Posted : 07/02/2011 9:53 pm

airtragic

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And you can keep naked looking like new with a brillo pad, with new graphics every few years it'll never be old and tatty.

Posted : 07/02/2011 10:02 pm

racefaceec90

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got to be raw titanium.preferably like the ball burnished finishes.or satin like the old rocky mountain ti bolts

Posted : 07/02/2011 10:07 pm

doof_doof

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Quite like the partial paint look:

[img] [/img]

Posted : 07/02/2011 10:24 pm

ashfanman

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Naked and unpolished.

Posted : 07/02/2011 10:26 pm

racefaceec90

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was going to upload this earlier,but the img button had disappeared. rocky mountain ti bolt (a lovely example) [img] [/img]

Posted : 07/02/2011 10:30 pm