Tuesday, December 29, 2009

1949 BATES BAR RESTORATION


After many hours of friggin around on this frame set, I have finally got the Bates to a stage where I thought it was ready for paint. The cantiflex tubes proved to be a real hassle to straighten.
Sorry about the quality of the photos, I will try and post some better ones soon.

I am pretty happy with the result, the off white, 50's green and dark red works well together I think.

This build up will have a nearly full British group set, so stay tuned and I will post some photos when finished.







3 comments:

  1. Adrian - the paint looks great! Was it done locally?

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  2. Thanks, I painted it myself. There are some photos of the frame during it's rebuild earlier on the blog.

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  3. hi adrian. your bike looks amazing. i've recently picked up a frame which i am going to restore and i'm trying to get an idea of how old it is. the frame no. is 14761. can you tell me what yours is so i can get an idea about mine. cheers.
    matt

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