On 2019-11-05 06:55, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Monday, November 4, 2019 at 9:04:39 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:53, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 19:49:09 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 16:03, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 18:49:13 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-11-04 15:44, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Monday, 4 November 2019 16:35:51 UTC-5, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-10-16 09:44, Tom Kunich wrote:
My Basso Loto was one of the final steel versions. It
seemed to have a perfect ride. However, since I took
it apart to refinish it I got the Lemond and between
the ride of the Colnago CLX 3.0 and the ride of the
Lemond Zurich made out of Reynolds 853 I will have to
test it again. In any case it will be my spare
rider.

Presently I have the frame and fork in the powder
coaters and expect them to get around to it around
the end of next week. I was not enthused about the
original colors of the Loto - Yellow and Blue with a
red highlight. So I'm having it a solid "transparent
blue" which they had a sample of when I was there. A
hot rodder was having his rims coated. I had been
planning on Candy Apple Blue but they had a hot
rodder's transmission there finished in that color
and the "Transparent Blue" looked a little cleaner.

These guys have gone from finishing store shelves and
the like to coating entire cars for hot rodders in
the Trump economy. They had a pickup truck there they
were about to put in the oven while I was there. It
would cook to a metallic yellow.

After I pick the frame and fork up I will have to get
a set of Basso Loto decals, then coat the entire
frame with clear. I learned from the last try on the
Pinarello and will use many very light coats instead
of a few heavy. And then have the bottom bracket
threads cleaned and the Campy headset that was in it
re-installed.

I just finished building a tubeless wheel up. The
deep carbon wheels are remarkably difficult to build.
Off and on it took me three days to get that thing
properly centered and true when I could build an
aluminum wheel in a couple of hours easy.


Wow, you are really going all out when it comes to your
rides. I am the exact opposite. Both my MTB and my road
bike have lots of scrapes and are generally caked in
copious amounts of dried mud. Add in a few grease
streaks and some vegetation mashed deep into the works
here and there. My wife thinks the bikes look
disgusting but then again this greatly reduces the
chance of them being stolen.

The money for the decals would in my case be invested
in IPA, Imperial Stout or something similar.

-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

But vastly improves the chances of something breaking.


Mud does not increase the chance of breakage. Beer doesn't
either, provided one enjoys it within reason.

-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Dried mud greatly increases wear rates of components and that
leads to premature failure aka breakage.


Hmm, how does mud do that? Some sort of chemical reaction?
Every time I cleaned it off somewhere to work on a certain area
(didn't want crud to fall into the BB threads et cetera) the
paint underneath it looked pristine.

-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Mud is a grinding compound since it's composed of ultrafine
grits.

Sheesh!


Well, how exactly is _caked_ on mud going to grind?

-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

Don't you realize that the Earth circles the Sun thereby rubbing the
non-existent grit against the bicycle components and frame?


Ah, that's why :-)


... Most of
the mud around here is composted of material softer than the paint.


Ours seems to be like dried-up glue. Maybe because there is the
occasional horse excrement and some fibers baked into it. Even with a
garden hose it needs to be spritzed for a while until it comes off.
Which can cause water to seep into places where you really don't want it.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/