A Cinelli from 1986, a Raleigh Pro from 1970, and a 70's Stella...
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A Cinelli from 1986, a Raleigh Pro from 1970, and a 70's Stella...
...walk into a bar. Three recent painting and restoration projects.
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...some further explanation: The Cinelli only needed some extensive touch up, and I was lucky enough to find a decent match to the original pearl white using a Rustoleum "shell white", oversprayed with a pearlescent lacquer from Hobby Lobby. The Raleigh Pro was a total strip and repaint, because it needed a little minor frame work (which burned the pain in a couple of spots). The Stella came from the Mountain Bike Museum, where they deaccessioned it to raise money to pay the rent.
So the Stella and the Cinelli got Spraymaxx clear coats to kind of freeze them paint and graphics in place. The Raleigh got the same thing, because it makes for a nice finish over vinyl decals, and helps a little to blend in the raised edge of them. I was so pleased with the headbadge remounting technique I started another thread on it.
I think I'm gonna take a break from this, then have another Raleigh Pro (a Mark IV) that I want to paint out in silver/black. It's all black now, which is the color the frame was when I bought it at the co-op. Pretty obviously stolen at one time, but there wasn't much left of it besides frame/fork when it got donated there.
Anyway, enjoy the pictures. It was a lot of work.
...some further explanation: The Cinelli only needed some extensive touch up, and I was lucky enough to find a decent match to the original pearl white using a Rustoleum "shell white", oversprayed with a pearlescent lacquer from Hobby Lobby. The Raleigh Pro was a total strip and repaint, because it needed a little minor frame work (which burned the pain in a couple of spots). The Stella came from the Mountain Bike Museum, where they deaccessioned it to raise money to pay the rent.
So the Stella and the Cinelli got Spraymaxx clear coats to kind of freeze them paint and graphics in place. The Raleigh got the same thing, because it makes for a nice finish over vinyl decals, and helps a little to blend in the raised edge of them. I was so pleased with the headbadge remounting technique I started another thread on it.
I think I'm gonna take a break from this, then have another Raleigh Pro (a Mark IV) that I want to paint out in silver/black. It's all black now, which is the color the frame was when I bought it at the co-op. Pretty obviously stolen at one time, but there wasn't much left of it besides frame/fork when it got donated there.
Anyway, enjoy the pictures. It was a lot of work.
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Oh that Cinelli, the chrome and white is tight! Stella takes it though with that sweet headbadge.
11-09-19, 07:57 PM
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Beautiful bikes
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11-10-19, 10:42 AM
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Great bikes. Just starting in on a chromed 1970 Pro Mk1, will post something soon enough. Is E7 the totality of the serial on the Pro?
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1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport
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A lot of Italian bikes are too gaudy for my taste, but not these Cinelli bikes!
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