Beware Man with Torch

I dropped the frame off for powder coat on Saturday. The nice thing about this shop is they have a ton of colors, the bad thing is they didn't have the colors I wanted (an extra $100 charge for ordering powder was not an option). Fortunately they have a large selection of in-stock colors and, with Cheri's help, I was able to find an appropriate color.

I got the call today that it was ready and I could pick it up at any time. Cool, bike building time! Unfortunately when I got there and they brought the frame out it was immediately apparent that something wasn't right - the finish was off, it was very dull with no shine. Turns out the painter forgot to clear coat it. That's the bad news. The good news is that I was able to see that the definition of the lugs was good, too often powdercoating will fill in the edges and the lug line is lost. So, no frame today, it's back for a re-powder and clear coat. This shop does frames for a local builder and they also did my Steamroller (excellent job, btw) so I'm hoping that we just had a bad day and that things will be squared away when I go to pick it up tomorrow.

Not much else to report on this bike or the Uber-Commuter (the "Zavitz"). I did receive the Trek decals yesterday (love the old style Trek logo) so that bikes parts list is complete and the parts are ready for the build. The components for the Zavitz are still trickling in, start of the build is held pending wheels arriving from New Hampshire.

I'll post pics of the frame once I get it. In the mean time, here's a shot of son Nick's project bike (more on that later):