PAINT

Along with single color paint and contrasting graphics, here’s what we’re currently liking:

Anno20 is a hat tip to Piet Mondrian and Andy’s first team, La Vie Claire, featuring a white pearl base coat with blocks of primary color, all tied together with hand-drawn stripes. No two will be exactly alike – $300

Team Anno – as above but with a gray base as a nod to the team jerseys  and their Look bikes – $300

7-Eleven Classic – red, white, and green, using Huffy or Merckx design – $300

Graema – based on Eddy Merckx’s Faema bikes with a seat tube panel and off-set head tube, works best on lugged frames and we like it in gray (but we’re easy), thus the name – $200

Full Cleveland – matching graphics, head badge and small panel on seat tube – $100

Paint on titanium: $800 and up

We have plenty of good ideas – and plenty of opinions – on colors that work well together or you can send us the paint code for that ‘62 Galaxy 500 you’re trying to match as these are available at most automotive paint shops or on-line.

Some of our current single-color choices are shown below and are included with the price of a steel frame, more complicated paint schemes take longer and will cost more.

PPG  and House Of Kolor automotive paints are what we spray here (so to speak) and samples and chips are available worldwide. Touchup paint, however, is problematic as these are two-part catalyzed paint systems, similar to an an epoxy, so they cure quickly once mixed. If you can’t live with the Faded Beauty look then Testor’s model paint or a nice fingernail polish may be your best bet for touch-up. Some of the colors we use are current automobile selections and touch-up paint may be available.

We can also strip, refurbish, and repaint your older Hampsten frame and fork, starting at $900 – please inquire. This price includes alignment check, application of Framesavr, fork inspection for visible damage; shipping is extra. Paint on titanium frames starts at $600; a polished (Scotchbrite) treatment to your aging titanium frame with new decals is $250. Powdercoat may also be worth considering although we haven’t done very many frames using that process. Paint or powder, in general, is not covered by warranty as there are too many variables involved.

Our Classic block logo was designed by famed typographer Paul Barnes – the font is called “Andy Hampsten” – and features our lovable boar and down tube graphic in all-caps or lower-case. For a fun take on our classic logo we have the Script version from the good folks at House Industries.

We currently do most of our down tube logos and boar heads in paint so let’s pick a nice contrast to the frame color and get cracking. Smilin’ Andy on the seat tube or a boar by request.