MShipley wrote on 11/01/12 at 11:17:18:There are pictures of a black and orange one out on the net...really good looking bike.
I was thinking of powder coating the wheels. Does anyone know if you can powder coat spoke wheels without taking them all apart?
I am pretty sure you can ... this is how I would ...
Remove the tire and tube etc, and the bearings and so on and if you're a purist I would mask off the bearing region and the bead seating area.
You may get into some trouble if in the future you broke a spoke and had to replace it ... but not any more than if you broke a spoke when you powderocat it apart and re lace it ... oooo get a few extra spokes and coat them along with the wheel ... so if you break a spoke in the future you can touch that area of the rim and hub up and use the spoke you coated.
Cool.
Srinath.