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I saw this on Craigslist and I am almost 100% positive that spray painting your brakes is like asking to get your face smashed in a car window. But would someone with a more technical background give us less knowledgeable folk a little schooling as to why this is a bad idea?

Vintage Single Speed - $65 (Humboldt Park)


Date: 2010-03-06, 8:41PM CST
Reply to: sale-fbhbm-1632190097@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]


Up for sale is a stripped Allpro 10 speed bicycle single speed. Features: Orange/Blue New Your Knicks colorway, spray painted blue wheels and seat post, JUN stem, Schwinn seat, Trek grips, cut&flipped bull horn style bars, mid-city gear setup. Bike is in working order with working brake, tires that hold air and tight components. Ready to ride and a perfect commuter for a great price. Get your ride on while the snow is gone! 

Wheels: 26in. 
Size: M (fits rider 5ft 6' to 5ft 9') 
Standover height: 30in. 
Gear: 42x15 

Big pic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/riskyrax/4412701460/ 


  • Location: Humboldt Park
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Ron said:
Another reason Chicago made the sale/purchase of spray paint illegal.

XD

Looks like Extreme Rattlecan is the next new trend! They even rattlecanned the freakin spokes and the freewheel. Looks like they forgot the cranks and saddle though.
While we are on the subject of spray paint, where's a good place just outside the city in the near west burbs (Oak Park, North Riverside, etc.) with a good selection of spray paint? Looking for a big-box type store that's open at night at least til 9.

It's not for a bike or to tag anything. I have to make some trophies out of bowling pins for Junior Achievement charity bowling event. Thanks.
I hate that fucking law.
Any Home Depot outside the city has a selection

Primitive Don said:
While we are on the subject of spray paint, where's a good place just outside the city in the near west burbs (Oak Park, North Riverside, etc.) with a good selection of spray paint? Looking for a big-box type store that's open at night at least til 9.

It's not for a bike or to tag anything. I have to make some trophies out of bowling pins for Junior Achievement charity bowling event. Thanks.
As seen on Bike Snob NYC (3/9/10)...

Vintage Single Speed - $40 (Humboldt Park)
Date: 2010-03-06, 8:41PM CST
Reply to: [deleted]

Up for sale is a stripped Allpro 10 speed bicycle converted to a single speed. Features: Orange/Blue New Your Knicks colorway, spray painted blue wheels and seat post, JUN stem, Schwinn seat, Trek grips, cut&flipped bull horn style bars, mid-city gear setup. Bike is in working order with (1) working front brake, tires that hold air and tight components. Ready to ride and a perfect commuter for a great price. Get your ride on while the snow is gone!

ATTN: This is a cruiser style bike with 26x1 3/8 tires! Not a Road Bike or Fixed Gear! Please read description closely!

Wheels: 26in.
Size: M (fits rider 5ft 6' to 5ft 9')
Standover height: 30in.
Gear: 42x15

Big pic here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/riskyrax/4412701460/


Really "feeling" the "New Your Knicks colorway" and the "epic" blue pie plate, but otherwise the post was little more than a hastily spraypainted cul-de-sac.
wow thats an ugly bike!
Could be quite an early warning system for peds who jaywalk or jump out in front of you when you have the light. ;)

Jessica said:
Most rims intended for rim brakes have a machined edge on them. This gives the rubber pad a little something to 'grip' onto. Spray painting covers that 'grip' up, and like another poster said, good luck in the rain! I'd also imagine that would encourage that horrid squealing (that I intentionally have in my front brakes to forego a bell. *SQUAAAAAAAK!!!* haha).

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