Trek 5200 repainting
06-28-19, 10:31 PM
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Trek 5200 repainting
I have a Trek 5200 and has a lot of blemishes on it, was thinking of painting it glossy white but curious what others had to say. I got the bike with mismatched components(durace, campagnolo, ultegras) so I don't care about keeping it looking original at this point.
Also looking to reduce the flex I get from the handle bars when on the drops, would new handle bars do that?
bike pic in the link
imgur. com/a/aHfPkL8
Also looking to reduce the flex I get from the handle bars when on the drops, would new handle bars do that?
bike pic in the link
imgur. com/a/aHfPkL8
06-29-19, 06:16 AM
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Paint does not look too bad to me, have you tried a match of touch up enamel from a hobby shop? I can recommend starting at "My Ten Speed" where our member site considers the issues in detail and more intelligently than I can.
06-29-19, 07:22 AM
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Or strip all the parts off, and turn it over to a Powder coating service.
[thinking everyone knows what a 5200 was, is an assumption you made]
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[thinking everyone knows what a 5200 was, is an assumption you made]
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06-29-19, 11:39 AM
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I agree that touching up is the most bang for the buck; it doesn't cost much to try and if works out well (enough) you are done. You might find a good color match at the nail enamel displays, get some white too, for the chipped decals. As it is it looks cleaner than any of my bikes. :-/
06-29-19, 12:02 PM
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You youngsters and your carbon fiber stuff..
OK then, Imron, its like an epoxy paint... professionally applied..
I have a bike done 30 years ago, its still fine, though it is a steel frame..
OK then, Imron, its like an epoxy paint... professionally applied..
I have a bike done 30 years ago, its still fine, though it is a steel frame..
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Original imron was some toxic stuff, even the revised modern version is not exactly benign, hence fietsbob's suggestion of
professionally applied. Another consideration is a wrap. Wraps are amazingly sophisticated these days but you may have
to rummage to find someone competent to do a bike frame. The smooth transitions on the 5200 might make this easier.
Here is a discussion of wraps, which the motorcycle crowd are quite enamored with.... Almost all commercial vehicles
with those elaborate advertisement logos all over them are wraps. https://kistudios.com/blog/wrap-vs-paint/
professionally applied. Another consideration is a wrap. Wraps are amazingly sophisticated these days but you may have
to rummage to find someone competent to do a bike frame. The smooth transitions on the 5200 might make this easier.
Here is a discussion of wraps, which the motorcycle crowd are quite enamored with.... Almost all commercial vehicles
with those elaborate advertisement logos all over them are wraps. https://kistudios.com/blog/wrap-vs-paint/
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06-30-19, 12:26 AM
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If you look closely its pretty scuffed up. I'll add some pics soon.
I was planning on taking off all the parts, sanding off the blue paint to the white primer underneath.
yeah I wasn't gonna do any heat stuff since its '97 carbon technology and it's fragile enough as it is
for handle bar questions, what thread should I ask those questions under?
I was planning on taking off all the parts, sanding off the blue paint to the white primer underneath.
yeah I wasn't gonna do any heat stuff since its '97 carbon technology and it's fragile enough as it is
for handle bar questions, what thread should I ask those questions under?
Last edited by ptrek5200; 06-30-19 at 12:32 AM.
