I'm using a cool new word I learned on the interwebs in that title. Meaning that I'm totally hip to the newest lingo.
Or maybe not. But I do have a new option (I know, I know, I just recently tried to do away with upcharge option crap) for those of you who want something blingy and newfangled (and lightweight, too) - you can have your frame (or fork, or both) ceramic coated.
The coater has just done my own FS frame (pictures coming next week when it gets here) and I've been happy with the work he's done on other stuff, so without further ado:
-For a frame, it's an extra $210.
-For a fork, it's an extra $100.
That's for a single color. If you want multiple colors, gloss clearcoats, or other options, the cost will go up. Contact me if you want a specific idea quoted.
What do you get? Very good durability (note that I have not verified this myself yet), light weight (50-100g lighter than powdercoat, depending on the specific item and powdercoat), cool factor. Your call whether that extra cost can be justified. You can see some of what the Ceramikoat guys have done here.
Color chart is here. They have more colors available as special orders as well.
9 comments:
Walt, is this durable enough to use on rims which use a rim brake?
Those guys are top notch to work with. They matched Chris King blue pretty close on a couple parts for me (no I don't work with/for them). I also did my cranks white, which of course has worn through after a couple thousand miles, but would have looked worse without it for sure.
Yo Walt,
What's the price for a Ventana rear-end, coated?
I have an odd relationship with bastardized words...I can dig "hawtness," maybe because the spelling gives a cue for proper (proppa?) pronunciation, but but I'm incongruously put off by the "k" in "ceramikoat." Eeew!
Bryan
I'd probably contact the Ceramikoat (agreed, that's a terrible spelling) guys directly on most of those questions, folks.
I know this will probably throw Walt into a fit... however I'm droolin' at the possibility of raw steel (as in straight off the jig) and a clear "ceramikoat"... Arrrgh, I'd have to order a Waltworks frame and/or fork first! ;)
You know, raw never works. People don't realize how you have to clean the metal up to get things to stick - once you do that, it's not "raw" anymore, it's just kinda silver colored. It's a bummer, because that would be a neat look.
Holy crap, curved top tubes and ceramic coating all in one year??? Has the real Walt been kidnapped by aliens and replaced with some progressive frame builder drone?
Well done sir :)
Rody, next thing you know Paul Sadoff and I will be doing a collabo belt-drive stainless tandem soft tail art-bike for NAHBS...
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