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Comment by John on February 24, 2010 at 10:13am

Beautiful work! You could hire out.

Comment by Michelle Green on January 23, 2010 at 12:17pm

Aw, thanks. I think I was at the cafe next door drinking bottomless bloody marys and mimosas. For several hours.

Comment by Bailey Gene Newbrey on January 23, 2010 at 2:09am

I saw & admired this outside of Rapid Transit locked to a rack. Looks even better in person.

Comment by Michelle Green on January 22, 2010 at 10:07pm

Eh, significantly better than the rest of the bike, I think because it's never against a pole or a lock.... I was too impatient and I think trying to paint and seal it when it was already subfreezing was a poor decision. Chip city. Spring will bring a re-do, but in the meantime I have a very similar color of nail polish...

A big motivation for the untimely paint job was that it would entail taking every single component off the frame and thus learning a whole lot about The Bicycle in the process. Mission(s) accomplished.

Comment by Brian Bauer on January 22, 2010 at 9:56pm

That's really well done, how has it held up to the weather?

Comment by Michelle Green on January 22, 2010 at 1:08pm

Thanks! and yep. Three different stencils, one for each diamond color, then I "hand stitched" with silver sharpie.

Comment by Primitive Don on January 22, 2010 at 10:56am

Cool argyle effect. Did you do that?