And the award for the best ever MTB paint job goes to…

I love the 80s and 90s bikes, especially the Breezer, Fat Chance, Marin and Klines but I think I’m reminiscing about those bikes and not just their paint jobs. The Stanton looks great and that pic alone is making me consider one!

This is my friends bike

25/05/2009 by Colin Cadden[/url], on Flickr

25/05/2009 by Colin Cadden[/url], on Flickr

25/05/2009 by Colin Cadden[/url], on Flickr

I doubt it’s done 100 miles since new.

This NS Surge Evo is pretty lush.

This has got to be a contender

^^^ That NS is lurvely. 👌

A lot of the bikes here would do well in a ‘most amount of paint ever’ thread rather than ‘best paint ever’ thread… 😂

I also remember a deep orange Soulcraft with glitter that I thought was amazing.
If I ever repaint a bike, it will be that deep orange glitter or candy red metallic.

Has to be this

Ideally with matching bumbag and a pair of Ronsters

Anything on Fat Creations Instagram feed…

Klein Attitude all day long, the pink/purple/blue/brown (depends on light) pearlescent one. Mrs Tyred has one – I’d always always wanted one and when I finally got a mint condition frame, it was heartbreakingly too small for me. So lovely.

I also have a Joe Murray splatter paint Cindercone frame, but sadly it doesn’t look much like scotroutes’ one these days. One of these days I’ll get round to restoring it to its former glory.

The only paint job I recall going “ooh” over was something in a dark translucent red. Can’t remember what it was though.
NS Surge Evo is the best on here. I remember seeing Kleins back in the day and they were just a bit too “HEY, look at my expensive bike!”

Those old Corratecs certainly made a statement too! Ugly beast so pic not added to thread 😆

Goes off to google for that “wolfman” Klein

🙂
Although agree with poster on the last page, Groovy cycleworks have amazing custom paintjobs.

SingleBe Camo Plus

Well worth a look at the other offerings as well.

This is rather fine:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/paul-component-unveils-the-sierra-klunker.html

Love a lot of the vicious cycles stuff myself 👍

For the oldskool soldiers amongst us… it has to be this Klein

Yeah, I’m voting for the Klein in fade as well.

Not only superb bikes, but they seem to have made an iconic paint job too.. I owned an Attitude, it got nicked… bastards.

Also,

Fat Chance Yo’ Eddy. Simple, yet effective.

For the best paint jobs ever I just go to Fat Creations Instagram and drool, Ali does the most awesome jobs, take a look if you have a few hours to spare