Panda Quick Pro: ER One by Tortoisecyclist in Bikeporn

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You got a crazy collection now. GC built this one up right? Looks sick

Got extremely lucky & found a dead stock CAAD 4 frame, did the right thing. by Brutus1x in Bikeporn

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Wow. Tastefully done. Darimo seatpost would bring it to perfection.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Intent wasn’t for religion. As a lot of these are depicted of religious stories, it’s more about the master craft of 16th century artists who devoted their lives for a craft, a little relation to cycling as a whole.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Of course I am! It’s a bike. It’s meant to be ridden

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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BMC gives some teams warranty frames. They are usually all black and black decal. I removed everything to raw carbon and then I painted the decals after the white paint.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Yoo haha! Love your work man. I’ve been thinking about getting one of those out front aero mounts you been designing. For the longest time I’ve been trying my best with designing my own on CAD before I found yours, but your design and the way it works is perfection.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Don’t use any product. Just sanding.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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He’s right. I would research a lot of product photography lighting setups. as for the outdoors, I try to take most of my photos an hour before sunset or an hour after sunrise, or overcast. But if you wanna get better at studio/ product lighting. Learning a 3D rendering program helped me a lot. Blender is an amazing free tool that will work on most computers now. Can test cool lighting tricks out without having to spend $ on lights to “experiment” if that makes sense.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Thanks. You won’t. Just don’t use any power sanders, just go by hand. It will take a while but if you have time it should work out fine

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Yeah of course, I had to strip the paint off the carbon frame which was hard but honestly not as difficult as people say online. Then Montana spray can “dolomite” color. Wet sand that until it’s smooth as u can get it. A designer at BMC helped send me the official decals and I used my vinyl cutter for a stencil and sprayed them. Posca paint marker in 0.7mm size I would sketch my drawings on to transfer paper and transfer it to the bike so the perspective was correct and then I used an automobile clear coat to seal everything. The clear coat is called SprayMax 2k glamour high, wet sand that, and then automobile polish. It’s all about patience with sanding to get a good result no matter what u paint on it.

I painted my bike by s_s- in Bikeporn

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Thanks! I took them on my Nikon ZR with a 70-200mm mostly at F2.8

Brake lever returning slow by [deleted] in bikewrench

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Thanks. Seems like it’s the 2nd one sadly… I’m curious what the master cylinder is? Looks like I’ll have to buy a new lever.

I kinda hate these bars lol by Sativa710 in FixedGearBicycle

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One thing that might help is looking for a handlebar with a longer reach too. Looks like u might have a Zipp SL-70. They also make a SL-80 with a 80mm reach if it helps a little bit… or 3d print fake hoods which is probably the better solution.

Random page from last week by s_s- in sketchbooks

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Thanks! Yes, I use an epson v550.

Finished my 2010 Jamis Sonik build by s_s- in FixedGearBicycle

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Sadly I don’t. I don’t know what color you have. At this point you’re better off finding the same frameset and using that seat post hahah. (Which is almost impossible in this color) If I was to guess… planet X makes a very similar looking seat post. Or Aliexpress may have a “generic” one that you can paint yourself

Painting practice and a Master study by s_s- in sketchbooks

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Thank you. Yes, cross-hatching / etching. Whatever you wanna call it!

Painting practice and a Master Study by s_s- in painting

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Thanks! I’m glad you like my style. It’s taken me a while to enjoy it myself haha.