It’s been about a year since we began powder coating all our frames in house. When we first got the powder coating setup operational we dived in headfirst attempting panels, fades and flames. You name it, we probably tried it. And we more than likely ended up stripping it and redoing it. One year and lots of practice later we think we’re getting pretty adept at the process. Dave had his 29er in to have a disc brake mount welded on and went for a wild WW2 Flying Ace inspired theme.

Mari also converted her bike to disc brakes and went with the Queen of Hearts theme. What we like about powder coat is how durable it is; it makes so much sense for mountain and touring bikes.

Check out some of the more detailed shots. No decals or wet paint, all powder on powder.

Being that winter has hit Guelph in a big way, we are getting a fair amount of repaints and repairs coming through the doors. Here is a Marinoni cyclo-cross bike that has been converted to winter bike duty. It had its brake bosses cut off and disc brake tabs welded on. We painted the Ambrosio Keba rims and Velo-Orange front rack to match.

We also did a repaint on a 25 year old Raleigh city bike. If your bike has lasted 25 years, chances are it might be in need a new paint job and I can say with confidence that the paint on this bike is far superior to the original paint.

Here are a couple of detailed shots of the down tubes. You can click on them to expand them to full size.

All the repaint, repair and restoration work going on doesn’t preclude the fact that there are new frames to be built and we are hard at work as always. Sean has been mitering tubes as quick as Hugh can weld them.

Pictured above is a freshly brazed brake bridge. This road frame contains a mix of Columbus and True Temper tubing.