My steel hardtail is due for a respray, and I am thinking of having it powder coated in a metallic gold colour.

Can’t decide if it will look nice or minging, so I’d appreciate some pictures from anybody who has done this.

Close-ups would be good to, to see what the sparkle looks like.

Thanks.

*dons Oakleys*

minging

+1

you dont see too many gold bikes

Mine is annodized, not painted mind you. (Its also very rarely this clean!)

you dont see too many gold bikes

I think there might be a reason for that!

I got an old steel road frame powdercaoted metallic gold and I think it looks mint. It really shows off the frame though, so if it’s a bit of a munter like my 456, I wouldn’t. What frame is it?

It’s a Genesis Altitude steel hardtail.

I’ve seen a couple of shades of gold paint, and some are far nicer than others.

Just do a google search for 1996 Kona Cindercone – the best looking bike of all time, for all the inspiration you need.

Gary,
Strangely enough, I followed a van with the word “caldera” on it this morning, and it reminded me of the kona caldera & cindercone models.

Googled the cindercone and quite like that – need to think carefully about headset & seatclamp colours now.

Thanks.

lifted from mtbr

belugabob – Yeah, they are great bikes, and anyone who describes the colour of a 96 Cindercone as ‘minging’ has no taste whatsoever! 🙂

I think the actual colour was ‘swamp green’ or something like that, as it isn’t bright gold, but looks great all the same.

need to think carefully about headset & seatclamp colours now.

I reckon subtle and understated will do nicely. Maybe silver, like the one up there? ^^^

Another Kona, the Kula from the mid 90s looked pretty cool IIRC

Fool’s Gold by Orange (ignore the steerer, I’d only just fitted the fork)

Ooh…

@tootallpaul

That’s more like the colour I had in mind – what bike is that?

Gold Kona Explosif

Its between gold and the rockshox fork colour, (depending on the sun) the red finishing kit combo really works.

wot no raleigh super tuff burner?

better colour pic

1997 Kona Explosif – very pretty

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150086&highlight=explosif

It’s a Turner Sultan- gorgeous colour. I love it…

It’s a Turner Sultan- gorgeous colour. I love it…

And a 29er too – what’s not to like?

It’s just a shame that I can’t see that colour on their website, to get a better feel for it – any chance of some close-ups? (fnarr)

you dont see too many gold bikes

I think there might be a reason for that!

Gold bikes, makes me think of when my uncle had one of these

I think you could get away with a gold bike if you kitted yourself out with this

and styled your hair like this

Now that would ooze class!

(Disclaimer: I would ride a bike whatever the colour, and used to have a mullet when at school, though not the tache and still probably couldn’t grow a decent one now either).

006 by Kerv F, on Flickr
My ’97 Explosif, still dirty from this mornings ride. Gold bikes rock. 🙂

Hmm, my ickle black steel GT Chucker that was ridden a week then stored for 6 years has some annoying rust spots and I was getting round to sorting it as I built it back up again. I think I’ll paint it gold and get some decals to make it look pretty 🙂

gold powdercoat with lots of metal flake: