Custom S-WORKS Shiv TT

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rosenbergemil
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by rosenbergemil on Tue May 12, 2015 10:46 am

So, I found out that a local paintshop wanted to redo my S-WORKS Shiv TT. The price tag was 175 euro plus tax and I decided to go for it.

Initially, I spent some time trying out crazy paint schemes, inspired by Chris Riekert's #Starmac and others, but decided to go pretty subtle.

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I posted the full gallery on Velonode.cc, check it out for more pics: http://velonode.cc/members/emil/activity/3150/
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by Weenie on Tue May 12, 2015 10:46 am

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by Pokerface07 on Tue May 12, 2015 11:04 am

That is hot. I may now consider doing something like that to mine for Rio.
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by Tinea Pedis on Tue May 12, 2015 11:52 am

That really is very, very nice.
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by hoburgen on Tue May 12, 2015 12:15 pm

Beautiful!

As a fellow Swede, where did you have it painted?

/Anders
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rosenbergemil
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by rosenbergemil on Tue May 12, 2015 12:43 pm

Called Sensej, near Sigtuna!
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by kode54 on Tue May 12, 2015 3:12 pm

great paint job and attention to detail.
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by odin99 on Tue May 12, 2015 5:20 pm

how did you strip the original paint?
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by nathanong87 on Tue May 12, 2015 6:47 pm

great looking TT bike!
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by rosenbergemil on Wed May 13, 2015 8:08 am

odin99 wrote:how did you strip the original paint?


I water-sanded it with very fine paper. It's a time consuming process and I spent probably 5-6 hours doing it.

With sandpaper 800 you have to be really careful not to go too deep. 1200 is a good middle-way between making progress and not having to worry about ruining your frame.
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by Dirty32 on Wed May 13, 2015 9:59 am

Yeah, agree... Fantastic looking bike!
Paint brings it all together very, very well.
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by CAFERACER on Thu May 14, 2015 12:52 pm

Amazing paint job on the bike, it looks so good, I am jealous.
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by shivver on Sat May 16, 2015 8:08 pm

Looks great - awesome paint job

thinking of shifting my S-WORKS Shiv TT 465mm small framed one as having to take a season out (achilles trouble)
I'm 5ft 11.5 so don't let "small" fool you

Someone could paint it up like this..............
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by Nicos on Sat May 16, 2015 11:38 pm

That's just ... too sexihhh
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by Pokerface07 on Sun May 17, 2015 11:40 pm

I'd almost consider just buying an old frameset just to paint it up now!
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by Tillquist on Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:58 am

Very nice bike, great job :thumbup:

But have you not turned SHIV TT text incorrectly.

An original SHIV on the framework, it is turned by 180 degrees.
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by Weenie on Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:58 am

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