my cannondale

fuzzhead1

hi guys, just wanted to put a picture of my bike i built last year (making tea while my mate did the respray)

anyway i will put details and spec of bike. just gonna upload pictures for now. hope u enjoy

Extralight

Nice job! Looks fantastic.

bails1310

Looks great - really nice paint job, could he do the carpet too!

edhornby

cracking job - there is a guy on my commute that has a caad5 in the saeco (red yellow) colours, very nice - glad to see you've sorted the stem and bars out, the previous ones were a right carcrash :-) and I ike the match of the prolite wheels and finishing kit to the shimano gset as well, nice detail

my grandma had that very same carpet

rick_chasey

fuzzhead1 wrote:

What the hell is that in the background on the left?

the_fuggler

Lovely job - very impressed. Great frame too.

Fatini999

that really is amazing, it looks great

declan1

Wow! It's amazing what a new paint job can do!

metronome

That's lovely!

What did you guys paint it with?

t.m.h.n.e.t

Rick Chasey wrote:

fuzzhead1 wrote:

What the hell is that in the background on the left?

Thats a bike Rick.

Lovely 'dale!

ShutUpLegs

Nice work OP

fuzzhead1

bails1310 wrote:

Looks great - really nice paint job, could he do the carpet too!

you wont believe me but that carpet has been in that house for over 30 years and still going strong.

fuzzhead1

edhornby wrote:

cracking job - there is a guy on my commute that has a caad5 in the saeco (red yellow) colours, very nice - glad to see you've sorted the stem and bars out, the previous ones were a right carcrash :-) and I ike the match of the prolite wheels and finishing kit to the shimano gset as well, nice detail

my grandma had that very same carpet

cheers dude. before i bought the bike i was thinking about buying a carbon frame from ebay (chinarello). but money was a factor and had my doubt about the chinese bikes.

luckily i went to my local bike shop in cheshunt "stanley cycles" where my mate works, and that week he had this cannondale bike for sale. he let me test ride it and it was really nice, the handle bars and stem were awful, but i knew this was the one.

i originally wanted to leave the bike colour as it is and change a few bits, handle bar, stem, wheels etc.
showed my mate and he convinced me to get it resprayed from our mate who works for a top garage company spraying audi, porches and other cheap cars lol

anyway as you see he did a brilliant job.
im gonna post details of spec and explain how we preped the bike and painted it.

cheers again for all you postive feedback.

fuzzhead1

metronome wrote:

That's lovely!

What did you guys paint it with?

cheers,

just went to our local car spares and bought ibis white used for audi and misty black used for ford. bit of rub here and there, lacquer and compound to bring out the shine.

i will explain in detail soon.

cheers for you nice comments

fuzzhead1

Rick Chasey wrote:

fuzzhead1 wrote:

What the hell is that in the background on the left?

mtb trek 6700. 8)

rick_chasey

fuzzhead1 wrote:

mtb

I may have prejudices against MTBs

skooter

Great bit of work and a good set of photos...

MaxPayne

Nice

mainsy

Very nice looking bike you have there.
Forgive my ignorance, but is that a replica design or is it a bespoke paint job?
Either way it looks great.

max888

Can you paint my CAAD5 too! :P

Mr.Bean

Very beautiful.

fuzzhead1

update on my bike,



added sks mudguards.

really happy with my bike since built it. wheels are great. the handling its good.

Crankbrother

What.Have.You.Done?

Seriously dude, you just ruined a perfectly good frame ...

Hate, hate, hate, hate it!

(sorry, I'm sure you like it ... it's yours so enjoy ...)

IrishMac

Goes to show how much frames have developed in the last few years :P

RideOnTime

Great paint job...