fixie

clivere

hi i am building my first fixie any tips were to get cheap and paint job

Caroline_ie

... spray paint and a good primer?

Morgan

Wire brush and a tin of Hammerite?

clivere

what about cheap parts

doozerie

For paint job, look in Halfords (or equivalent) for primer, paint, and lacquer.

For parts, cheap or otherwise, check your local bike shop and also check online. There are many threads on here that list online sources already, and a search on the forum will find them, but some of the more widely used sites include Cycle Superstore (Dublin), Chain Reaction Cycles (Northern Ireland), and Wiggle (England). There are many sites worth checking though as no one site is consistently cheaper.

clivere

thanks alot for help

steinone

As far as a pretty good paint job goes, it can be quite hard, fairly costly and time consuming to do it yourself.
There is a place I know that does powder-coating for about 60eurons for frame and fork. Powder-coating is a thick, very strong option for frame painting.
Do you have a frame already? Its best to use a frame with horizontal dropouts to adjust chain tension, old road frames use them. Steel is good, I would avoid old french frames because of weird sizing on parts.
You can find some nice frames at a pretty reasonable price with a bit of looking.

For parts there isnt that much stuff you need specifically for fixed gears, just a double threaded hub, cog, lockring, maybe chain and maybe another few bits.
The best source of info is: Sheldon Brown, if you need any more help dont hesitate to Pm me.

clivere

thats great the more tips the better thanks

Golfanatic

stenoine where do u know where to get frames painted thats a good price

abcdggs

Golfanatic wrote: »

stenoine where do u know where to get frames painted thats a good price

pretty sure he's talking about here
http://www.barelleltd.ie/p_home.html

gallagc8

abcdggs wrote: »

pretty sure he's talking about here
http://www.barelleltd.ie/p_home.html

anyone have any experience with this place? the price certainly seems to beat a quote i got from Tallaght Powder Coating of 120 for a frame and fork

carplates

dunboyne powder coating, on the trim road, 0876685330

abcdggs

carplates wrote: »

dunboyne powder coating, on the trim road, 0876685330

Any idea on price?

kumate_champ07

my thoughts: diy paint job is very messy and labour intensive. it will never be perfect, tubing is very hard to paint evenly, especially when they are all connected together! paint fumes are nasty too.

60euro sounds like a bargain. I spent close to that for 1 frame on paint stripper, sand paper, primer, paint, laquer.

spray paint is best left for industrial equipment or graffiti!