…or raw steel with clear coat. I think the BMXers do this don’t they? Any nice raw steel mtb’s on here?

BMXers do this don’t they?

Well, i did some years ago, not the greatest pic but mines on the left.

During our ’05 bmx tour of Italy.

Awaits the Curtis 29er…

Prototype Alpine frame. The clearcoat didn’t prove that durable so that finish was canned for production. The prototype raw PA29’er and Holeshot frames seem to be holding up better.

There’s plenty more examples (steel + alu) in this thread

Definitely worth it

Ed Oxley’s bike in his new video, The Chop, is raw steel 456EVO with the lacquer stripped off.

My Kona Steely, stripped and clear coated. Raw steel and sex appeal.

No, not any nice raw steel brazed 853 frames on here at all 😆 🙄

You tease….

How about raw with a cyan tinted clear coat?

oh, go on then

What’s required to do this? Dip and strip painted frame and then polish before application of clear coat? If so, can anyone recommend somewhere in Leeds? Love raw, polished bikes and my Solaris is ripe for it.

Love the Curtis. V nice.

Candodavid, thats a thing of beauty .

A slightly different version of the XC9. Nice summer photos not the current covered-in-mud-and-mudguards version.

What sort of steel? A clearcoat is going to provide bugger all corrosion protection so I’d expect to see blistering and rust spots fairly quickly?

Those Curtis bikes look lovely although 853 seems a slightly odd choice on a fillet-brazed frame as the brazing won’t allow the 853 to gain all of its strength like it would if it was TIG welded.

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What sort of steel? A clearcoat is going to provide bugger all corrosion protection so I’d expect to see blistering and rust spots fairly quickly?

What would protect a raw steel frame? I’ve got an old Kona frame made from chromoly (I think) and was after an industrial look for it.

My rat look 29er cruiser. I like the rust.

Cruiser by Shaggy John, on Flickr

I like that cruiser, gumwall tyres just look right.

To take the paint off it’s best to get it blasted. Otherwise buy some sandpaper,tear it up into 3/4″ strips about the length of your elbow to fingertips and clamp the frame by the BB in a vice and have at it.
It should come out like the 29er below, the cruiser frame is sandpapered and then powdercoated, the track frame is sandblasted and powdercoated.

raw sandpapered fork by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr
29″ frame long,slack and short in the rear by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr

sandblasted raw fork,powdercoated. by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr

perfect fillets. by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr

tapered steerer,this one is a 29er by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr

cruiser frame, raw and powdercoated by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr

fillet brazed raw track frame,sandblasted and powdercoated. by cyclingbyferretti, on Flickr

cheers.

Curtis Freeride