Guest robbrugg Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 So I'm cleaning up the Guz - and eally took a good look at the foot levers. HORRENDOUS, man - embarrasing compared to any other bike out there. So I popped 'em off, thinking that I would sand them down and powdercoat them. As I am cleaning them up though, I thought I might just polish them and paint the spaces where I can't buff a color (silver, black, red, something). This pic is halfway through the process. Is everyone else's levers as rough as mine used to be?
Guest Brian Robson Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 Rougher; but with rain and other assorted crap they eventually go grey.
callison Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 I sort of touched mine up with a file and then had them powder coated black.
Steve G. Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 It's not that they are crap, I mean they will do the job, but they are certainly not finished very well. I generally enjoy the look of sand cast engine cases. But our generation has grown up to getting used to nicely finished, in some cases jewelery like foot pedal linkage. Either die cast, or for real high end bikes billet machined foot gear, you simply cannot get sand cast stuff to look like these because of the inconsistancy of the aluminum in this proccess, with air bubbles etc.. I'm thinking a thread with pictures of available replacement linkages might be in order. Ciao, Steve G.
antonio carroccio Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 So I'm cleaning up the Guz - and eally took a good look at the foot levers. HORRENDOUS, man - embarrasing compared to any other bike out there. So I popped 'em off, thinking that I would sand them down and powdercoat them. As I am cleaning them up though, I thought I might just polish them and paint the spaces where I can't buff a color (silver, black, red, something). This pic is halfway through the process. Is everyone else's levers as rough as mine used to be? 35099[/snapback] After the shower don’t forget to cut his nails.
al_roethlisberger Posted October 11, 2004 Posted October 11, 2004 Nice work cleaning up your levers ...however, I actually like the rough sand-cast look of them. What I don't like though is that being cast, they are likely to break(and do) instead of merely bend if the bike is dropped
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