It's the decals that would have me looking for a painter familiar with the Riv aesthetic. I've seen video of Rick Stefani putting a cream panel on a seattube and it's quite astonishing to watch him eye it and then nail it in exactly the right spot. That guy knows his stuff.
Joe Bernard On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 7:34:11 PM UTC-7 Paul Brodek wrote: > If Johnny Coast in Brooklyn isn't doing resprays, he should be good for > leads. Great builder, swell guy, can't imagine he wouldn't be helpful > w/recs if he's not doing that work. > > On the Jersey side, Bruce Risley at the Color Factory in Waretown, NJ, > "down the shore" as we say in Jersey, has been painting for decades and has > a great rep for excellent work at reasonable prices. He doesn't have a lot > of web presence, but will email you price sheets and color swatches and > stuff. > > I've also seen happy reports from Chelsea Bicycles in Union City, NJ. > Chelsea used to have a NYC location, in Chelsea, natch, but they closed > that and are in Union City now. Supposedly they do their own paint. > > A little further north, I think Carl S. at Vicious Cycles in New Paltz, NY > is still doing resprays. Last time I peeked his website info looked a > little dated, might be worth both a google and a call. > > FWIW, I can't think of much unique to Riv that would favor a painter with > previous Riv painting experience. Rivs are steel tubes, sometimes lugs, > sometimes welds, nothing really different from other traditional steel > frames. The double top tube frames are probably more of a pain, but anybody > who's been painting for a while has done tandems and mixtes, and they can > have a whole lot more tubes to cover. > > I don't know what Grant does about decals, whether he stocks/sells them to > painters/anybody, only specific painters, etc. There might be repro decals > available. Painters oughta be able to tell you what they can/can't source. > > Good luck, let us know how it goes, and before/after photos would be fun > to see! > > Paul Brodek > Hillsdale, NJ USA > > > > On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 3:20:23 PM UTC-4 Buck Flagg wrote: > >> Hello, group! Help needed! >> >> I am getting to the point with my RivBike that I will soon be needing a >> repaint. My fifteen year-old Rambouillet is a four-season commuter with >> around 55K miles on it, 99% racked up on NYC streets and bike lanes. With >> all that, not to mention daily chaining to a bike rack, it would be >> impossible to maintain a frame in pristine condition but now my periodic >> inspections are starting to turn up evidence of corrosion causing wee >> blisters in the original paint in a few places. >> >> The Rivendell website page on repaints lists a couple of shops in CA and >> Waterford. >> >> Anyone here have any wisdom/experience/opinions on this subject they'd >> care to offer regarding these or any other paint shops? Ideally, I'd love >> to find someone with mad skilz in the greater NYC area who has experience >> with the Rivendell product and access to the Rivendell decals. >> >> Very grateful, in advance, for any help! >> > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/984a07fb-8ab4-4eb1-a61b-5ef440c4beb3n%40googlegroups.com.
