- In a previous episode,
I found and collected the cheap bike,
which I'm gradually going to be turning into a super bike.
And I've stripped it down, as you can see.
And by doing so,
I was able to get a good look at the frame
and forks to make sure that everything was okay.
Today we are gonna give this bike something
which screams pro,
and that is a paint job.
That's right.
I'm gonna spray this bike up.
Just you wait.
I'm a little bit nervous actually.
(lighthearted electronic music)
Now, through much arguing or debate in the office.
Alright, let's see if anyone's in here I can ask
for advice on paint.
Ah, Mr. Hank, here he is.
Speak of the devil, right mate.
I've got to go paint this bike.
- Yeah.
- [Host] Give me a bit of advice.
What am I gonna paint it like?
I'm a little bit lost for inspiration.
- I mean, good question.
I would go, for like,
you know those old Spitfires that they used to have?
- [Host] Oh yeah.
- With those, the pin ups on the front.
Cav did it.
- [Host] Yeah, you did.
I'm not sure about my artistic painting is as good as that.
But--
- Or, maybe, the zebra look Cipollini did.
- [Host] Oh right, yeah, yeah.
- [Hank] Just cover it, make it like a zebra.
- [Host] A zebra, right.
A zebra bike, that's some food for thought.
- [Host] Thanks mate.
- Something a bit different.
- [Host] Very different.
- (laughs)
- [Host] See you later.
- See you boy.
- [Host] Don't work too hard.
- No man, always.
- [Host] I'm lost.
I don't know what to do.
What would you do if you could paint a bike?
- Well, I would go for something
like a mirrored chrome finish, but then,
I don't know, maybe a couple of maps on some point of it,
from some of the favorite rides I've ever done.
Nothing too difficult Jon.
- [Jon] No, right,
so you want me to mirror chrome it,
and also put some maps on it somehow.
- Yeah, from a couple
of your favorite rides in the past.
- [Jon] Brilliant, you've definitely given me,
a headache with that suggestion.
But, yeah, thank you very much.
- Enjoy.
- [Jon] Get back to work, go on.
I need your help mate.
You know that cheap bike I'm turning into a super bike?
- Yeah.
- I've got to paint it,
and the problem is that I've asked Hank,
I've asked Opie.
Their suggestions, I can't do that.
I'm not a magician, I'm not a paint expert.
So I've come to you.
Now how am I gonna paint this bike?
I can't let down the viewers.
They're ganging for it.
- I don't supposed their designs were very good anyway,
were they?
Young whippersnappers.
They got no class.
Anyway, I think the paint job's pretty easy.
I've always wanted a bike where most
of it was kind of a golden,
a blond fizzy color,
and then the very top part
of the frame is more of foamy white color.
You hear that?
- I was thinking something a bit easier
than a beer colored bicycle.
- Yeah, if you can't do that, I would go for,
I don't think you can go wrong with something traditional.
Nothing too complicated.
A bit of red, a bit of yellow, a bit of blue.
That would stand out.
- Ooooo.
Yeah, now you're talking.
I've got an idea.
I'm going let you go back to your intervals.
And I've got to go spray this bad boy.
Because the viewers,
they want to see results, don't they?
Let's face it.
- Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing it mate.
- Yeah, so am I because I'm gonna get absolutely covered
in paint, I reckon.
Well, it's gonna be worth it.
We've decided that this bike should actually
take the color scheme of Greg LeMond's 1991 race bike,
bike which I think looks great,
and hopefully I can replicate okay.
Besides, we also need to get rid
of this suddenly controversial logo on the seat tube.
At this point, I was also tempted to take you home with me,
to actually see my workshop and the air fed spraying set up,
and the shop blast cabinet,
but not everyone has that luxury.
So something which you can probably all get
from your local bike shop is something called Spray.Bike,
and we're lucky enough to supply us a few cans of this.
Now the folks at Spray.Bike did in fact tell me
that I could just paint over the existing paint work.
But I think we should actually take it back
to the bare metal in order to save a little bit of weight
and also get the best job possible.
So for this, I am gonna be using one of these.
A preparation wheel which is gonna attach
onto an angle grinder,
to try and get rid of as much paint
from the frame forks as possible before priming it.
So, let's go and do that.
(gentle music)
Now I've managed to get off as much paint from the frame
and forks as possible.
It's time to apply some of this metal primer onto it,
which means that the paint is actually going to stick to it,
just that little bit better.
As you can see,
I've also filled in any of the threaded parts
of the frame too with little bits of tissue paper
so this paint doesn't clog it
and make my job much more difficult than the line.
It only takes 20 minutes to dry, too,
which means I can carry on with the painting
in a pretty short amount of time.
So, with no further ado,
like magic, here it goes.
I'm gonna follow the instructions down to the letter,
so I've been told to shake the can vigorously
and do it in strokes about 20 centimeters away
from the frame.
Here goes.
(slow electronic music)
So there we are, the prime is on.
And I must say,
it is quite an easy job but it's quite difficult too,
to actually see what you have done
and what you haven't done,
because of the silver of the brushed aluminum underneath.
But when I come back, once this is dried fully,
we're gonna start painting it.
And this when the nerves are really gonna kick in.
(slow jazz music)
Right, so the primer is dry
and now comes the most nerve-racking bit of all for me
because I'm now gonna actually do the final coats of paint.
But I have been reassured by the folks of Spray.Bike
that this paint does in fact come out almost dry-like
and in a powder form, which is music to my ears.
Because having used rattle cans before,
when they start to dribble and run down a bike or a frame,
it's absolutely, well, awful to see.
So fingers crossed for me, please, everybody at home,
because you don't understand quite how nervous I am
about this.
Right, let's do it.
Also, I've printed out this so at least I know
what I've got to paint.
(mid-tempo jazz music)
So there we are, the finished item.
I must say, though, halfway through,
I decided that I didn't want to do the fade anymore
and instead, I wanted to go for some nice, clean cut lines.
A bit like the Panasonic team bikes of the late '80s
and early '90s.
Hope you like it.
Let me know, though,
what you think of the color scheme down below.
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