There’s been a bit of a gap since the last post. The frame got dropped off to Mario Vaz in Hither Green for a respray, but that only took a week. The delay then was that I went on holiday for two weeks, and then on my return got my camera stolen. But here we are again, compliments of my girlfriends camera. I got Mario to spray the frame a dark brown, but so dark it looks black and only in certain light or against true black you can tell its brown. I’m not sure why, but it gives a retro feel, perhaps say an old black bike that’s been in the sun too long or something. And then heavily varnished for a lovely glossy finish. His brother (I believe) then fitted the bottom bracket for me.

I know this is a bit unscientific and glib but I couldn’t get the photos to capture the brown you can see in the flesh so I’ve knocked up a loose jpg representation of the contrast: