I wish I'd been able to use your powder coater when I had my last frame, late spring 2020, powdercoated. The builder used a new vendor who did a pretty mediocre job; not *horrible,* but if you look really closely, you can see orange peel-type roughness in certain areas. Too bad, because the earlier service did really wonderful work -- I've had at least 3 frames done by him; and at the best, there is a sort of "liquid" look that, IMO, looks nicer than many much more expensive paint jobs. Oh well.
I'll have to remember the Dia Comp 980s. I see Riv is out of stock, but they do look decent and, if they stop well and set up without huge hassle, then IMO they're worth a place on the short list. On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:11 PM Andrew Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > You've nailed it. The tires are 35mm tubeless Bon Jon Pass' Extra Lights. > I have nothing but good things to say about them thus far, I just wish I > wasn't feeling so darn gothic when I got the black sidewalls, I think tan > sidewalls would've really complimented the "paint." The powder coating was > done locally by Powder Tech Services and I'd give them a solid B+. They by > no means specialize in bike frames and the amount of masking they did > correctly blew me away, and it only ran me $140. And you are correct, that > is indeed an Ass Saver: there to do the bare minimum in rain / mud > protection. As far as the brakes go, they are the Dia Compe 980's that > Rivendell sells. So far they're my favorite canti's. Paul's are stronger > but they're also way grabbier which I don't really need for the terrain I > mostly see. The aesthetics of the Dia Compe's is also a selling point > especially for lugged frames IMO, AND half the price of the way fancier > Rene Herse ones which I will just have to drool over via a computer screen. > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguqfefBr-9T9SDq_q4K8rEKsoEKvH%3Dvyyf4y9EibojrnQ%40mail.gmail.com.
