Southwestslacker1
Retro Guru
Ok so here is a little painting project I've been working on. I've always been into vintage steel, initially driven by budget and style. I've got a couple of fixed gear bikes and a Peugeot road bike with a full Tiagra 4700 group on it but I was lacking a retro downtube shifter bike.
I picked up this frame and thought it would be a great starting point, no rust, most of the decals off, double butted Reynolds 501 tubing, ripe for a strip and custom respray.
A bit of googling and some help on the forums revealed it to be an 80's 'Criterium Triathlon 12', albeit a later one that looked to be modelled on an 'Elan' (single set of bottle bosses and internal rear brake cable entering under top tube).
As it was going back to bare metal I thought I'd get creative, so I sourced some Braze on bits from Ceeway, acquired some silver solder rods, borrowed a blowtorch and watched a bit of YouTube.
On went a second set of bottle bosses on the seat tube, decorative entry point covers on the top tube, a chain hitch on the right seat stay and a race number boss under the top tube. Followed by a little filing to neaten up the Braze (first attempt, not the neatest).
I had a go at stripping it but 80s Raleigh paint proved to be fairly bulletproof, so off to the local shot blaster.
Next up a coat of white primer on the 'spraying jig'
Photos show the frame as bought, post shot blast with some wheels in for a look and with the primer on.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/157053716@N06/1zNaTX
I picked up this frame and thought it would be a great starting point, no rust, most of the decals off, double butted Reynolds 501 tubing, ripe for a strip and custom respray.
A bit of googling and some help on the forums revealed it to be an 80's 'Criterium Triathlon 12', albeit a later one that looked to be modelled on an 'Elan' (single set of bottle bosses and internal rear brake cable entering under top tube).
As it was going back to bare metal I thought I'd get creative, so I sourced some Braze on bits from Ceeway, acquired some silver solder rods, borrowed a blowtorch and watched a bit of YouTube.
On went a second set of bottle bosses on the seat tube, decorative entry point covers on the top tube, a chain hitch on the right seat stay and a race number boss under the top tube. Followed by a little filing to neaten up the Braze (first attempt, not the neatest).
I had a go at stripping it but 80s Raleigh paint proved to be fairly bulletproof, so off to the local shot blaster.
Next up a coat of white primer on the 'spraying jig'
Photos show the frame as bought, post shot blast with some wheels in for a look and with the primer on.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/157053716@N06/1zNaTX