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Forget custom painted carbon, is anodized titanium the future of bikes? Alex visited Tom Sturdy to find out more about the process and how anodizing metal frames and bike parts can give them a super-cool colourful finish. He also gets some of his own components accessorised in this funky style.
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@gcntech Год назад

Would you consider an anodized frame over a painted one for your next bike? 🚲

@biggertree7063 Год назад

I actually googled the nearest anodizing shop/centre within my area after watching the video. Didn't know I had this option. My gravel bike's aluminium frame has some bubbles(corrosion) already.

@charlesblithfield6182 Год назад

If I had a Ti frame maybe a bit here and there.

@simonwalker2460 Год назад

Not a prayer

@wotexpat9367 Год назад

Nope as all mine are Carbon. Like the Cassette though.

@gavinm717gkm Год назад

It would be cool to get an anodized bike progressively “turned up” over its life. It would be like getting a new paint job once a year.

@jani724 Год назад

My goodness, that tt bike is something from a art gallery. Absolutely gorgeous

@gcntech Год назад

Love at first site for us 👀

@Yuzushuu Год назад

As a fellow 90s kid - totally into it! 🤩That bike at the end was incredible!

@Jayneflakes Год назад

The pure joy on Alex's face during that was utterly adorable. Thanks for a lovely video to all involved.

@tudorelacatrinei143 Год назад

One of the top videos on this channel. Good questions, great answers, overall really good explanation on how this process works. Always wanted to understand it better. Now I know. Thank you guys!

@gcntech Год назад

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! For something similar, why not check our our 'Makers' series of documentaries on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/mep1

@shanegreen2583 Год назад

How does it stand up to cleaning and bike degreasers over time. Seemed it brushed off pretty easy on that straw

@neilsmyth1812 Год назад

What I love is the fact that GCN don't talk to a marketing Guro or a PR person. . They go straight to the heart of the topic and talk to the person doing the job. . This makes it easier to understand for everyone. . Great stuff. .

@gcntech Год назад

Glad you enjoyed the video Neil! Tom really knows his stuff, we love hanging out with him - Did you catch him in the tech clinic? 👉ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kJrJi-1Oix8.html

@darrenhitchcox6345 Год назад

Love the explanation of how to get the different colours. That cassette.......wow

@JSC131 Год назад

Absolutely beautiful bike great content really enjoyed this episode.

@stefancameron Год назад

Perfect timing with this video as I'm looking into an anodized design for a titanium frame! 🎉 The finish nicely compliments the titanium, and there's no weight penalty from the paint and lacquer layers.

@gcntech Год назад

Wow we want to see your bike when it's done 👀 The bike vault it calling 👉 gcn.eu/app

@Desmond17 Год назад

Sturdy bikes are so mind-bending gorgeous 🤯🤤😍

@gcntech Год назад

The Christopher Nolan of hand built bikes 😂

@Livlifetaistdeth Год назад

I would rather have that titanium bike than anything on the market. That is rad!

@gcntech Год назад

This bike is amazing 🙌

@cb6866 Год назад

Thanks Arndt , and Tom ...that was very cool ! Your stuff is now unique , dude !!!

@farrier53 Год назад

Woah...!! Just absolutely beautiful parts & bike. Stunning !!😳 I have forged Titanium horshoes over the years but never anodized them...

@deannasolomon656 7 месяцев назад

Wow...this is so amazing. Thanks for the great video. I love your energy and enthusiasm. You are like a kid in a candy shop. Your eyes don't lie, Enjoy!

@kestralrider313 Год назад

Super cool ALex, I'm envious of your new bike bling:)

@leighdickinson8299 Год назад

WOW what a lovely way of finish a bike & I love the TT bike at the end. I would love my Ti frame done that way

@JonCannings Год назад

bright anodising is such a love/hate thing. I've seen people do it at home, slightly concerning, but the results are interesting

@zeref783 Год назад

Titanium Anodizing != Aluminium Anodizing

@etherealicer Год назад

I have done a fair bit of titanium anodizing... all you need is distilled water, baking soda and an energy source (and of course cleaning materials. Usually, I use acetone).

@gcntech Год назад

Do you love or hate it Jon? 👀

@bikemike1118 5 месяцев назад

This is not paint … this is PAIN

@brannmacfinnchad9056 Год назад

Absolute gorgeous. I had no idea you could pass the current through a wetted rag (or whatever) and "brush" the anodizing on. Shiny.

@alainpfammatter8224 Год назад

great video. Thank you, Amazing TT Bike. Love it

@justwhenithought Год назад

Now I know where the oil slick look comes from. Very cool.

@robinburt5735 Год назад

You guys have done a video with these peeps before i think, circa just before lockdown. I remember the guy he's quite chilled and obviously knows his stuff :)

@paulworth70 Год назад

If only my chemistry lessons at school had been this good! Could have been an A* student :) Beautiful frame to that bike...

@ReX-xt2q Год назад

My bike from the 90s looked like this. Bike to this day still look amazing.

@gcntech Год назад

It all goes full circle in the end 😂

@Abbonent1 Год назад

I think that's where I would straw the line... Looks amazing!!!!

@aarondcmedia9585 Год назад

Ti blue is my favourite colour of all. The rainbow effect is next. If I wasn't such a carbon tragic I would do Ti in a heartbeat.

@gcntech Год назад

No room for another bike then? 😉

@aarondcmedia9585 Год назад

@@gcntech STAHP! But seriously, I have no room for a new bike - going to sell some asap. I have... 13 bikes. Good grief.

@fabianmolyneux2308 Год назад

Love it. Creates some exciting looks

@cwwcww7465 Год назад

Yes. I have had many Chis King items through the years.

@benoosthuizen4961 Год назад

Great video! Have seen titanium strands woven with carbon fibres to make car body parts… think that would look sick anodized and as a bike !!

@savagepro9060 Год назад

0:07 Albert the Dog be like: "da fak wrong with this dude, let me go ask my boss" 0:35 Albert the Dog be like: "ah well, it's one of those thingies from GCN"

@Shellewell Год назад

11:20 I got whiplash from hearing the NorCal Cycling channel's music kicking in.

@chrisridesbicycles Год назад

That was super interesting. I never thought it is such a quick process. That cassette looks really ace. ❤

@gcntech Год назад

It's super cool isn't it! Would you have this effect on your bike.

@chrisridesbicycles Год назад

@@gcntech Absolutely!

@runcycleskixc Год назад

I wonder if adding ultrasound would make it faster/more uniform. I do surface chemistry for work, and it's ultrasound everywhere. BTW the sponge trick is sick! WRT Ti on Carbon -- one could wrap Ti foil on top of Carb. Might protect the carb from cracking on impact.

@MBdrummer3288 Год назад

Wow! That is the coolest thing like in the world! Absolutely incredible how it works and how quickly it changes color. Just amazing. I absolutely love how it looks. Again, just the coolest thing!

@gcntech Год назад

It really is super cool isn't it 🙌

@wspmjw Год назад

I ride a VA Moots and would love to explore anodizing the frame of my ride. Looks fascinating and not overly time consuming....

@user-cx2bk6pm2f Год назад

Very cool topic, Alex! Well done.

@karlburningham3604 Год назад

Sturdy bike are absolutely stunning and this just makes them more special. Absolutely fascinating content

@gcntech Год назад

These bikes are dreamy!! 🙌

@davefave4351 Год назад

I would presume there would be a weight saving bonus, a layer on bare metal or several layers of undercoat, base and top colours and varnish? Get Ollie on the case? And would have loved a weight on the TT bike - that looked quality!

@ChromeLuxx Год назад

For the vast majority of cyclists it would make more sense to lose some weight than the paint from their bike.

@bigwave_dave8468 Год назад

Cool video! Those head-tube, cockpit and forks look amazing.

@gcntech Год назад

Dream bike material this is 👀

@user-cx2bk6pm2f Год назад

Those Nike high tops are looking sharp!

@danielhertercasagrande1686 Год назад

Great video for some instances I was tempted to let anodized my Lemond TI bike - but brushed metal has its charme too

@gcntech Год назад

Brushed metal can be super cool... but that anodizing 🤤

@TimR123 Год назад

Beautiful and educational. Makes me want to do it too. And Alex was clearly having too much fun

@etherealicer Год назад

It is really easy. All you need is distilled water, baking soda and an energy source (nice blue colors are around 27-34V). Hardest part is the cleaning. Pretty cool video here (and less than 7 minutes long): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y_A53PWmBLo.html&ab_channel=BladeHQ

@gcntech Год назад

We'll have words with Alex about having all that fun! 👀

@sarahday2292 Год назад

OMG. Totally ❤ it!!

@scottperine8027 Год назад

That was dope!

@chrisvandergoes2787 Год назад

Cool video- "Better living through chemistry".

@gmadruga Год назад

Anodising is cool, but someone's face like in 10:14 is PRICELESS

@davidshardlow4369 Год назад

Great video Cuthbert, really learned some stuff! Also, you will have the blingiest bike in Bath…

@leeadamson2516 Год назад

Thought I had my bike the way I liked it, Now I need an anodised cassette!

@MichaelSnasdell Год назад

Incredible !

@edjack1993 Год назад

Very cool!

@glm1977 Год назад

great video - and great to see more content with Sturdy cycles. You did miss a great opportunity to anodise a name plate..... two birds and one stone sort of thing.

@triathlonsteve9675 Год назад

Great vid Dave always wondered how they did this, some cool colours 😁

@gcntech Год назад

Glad we could help Steve 🙌

@reinholdachleitner2069 Год назад

Super interesting and good video,Tom is so creative.💯👌🏻

@gcntech Год назад

Tom bikes are mind blowing 🤯

@_Inferis Год назад

The pedal axles come out really good!

@savagepro9060 Год назад

pedals have spindles, bottom brackets and wheels have . . . axles

@_Inferis Год назад

@@savagepro9060 Not according to shimano, so unless you know more than the manufactuer about wheels, pedals and bottom brackets, I don't believe you.

@savagepro9060 Год назад

@@_Inferis famous scientists still believe the Earth is flat

@_Inferis Год назад

@@savagepro9060 Okay Mr Spindle, sucks to be wrong.

@savagepro9060 Год назад

@@_Inferis Nice hearing you talk to the mirror, at least you must start somewhere. Cheers!

@X2yt Год назад

Anodising is definitely cool as hell, and anodised finish is considerably more resistant to flaking, cracking and such, like regular paint, but it's pretty succeptible to scraches. I've tried anodising few parts in the past, and while its definitely uber cool proccess for small parts, there's pretty much no way it becomes mainstream for frames or such, mosly because its much more time consuming and requires quite a bit more specialised effort than simply spray painting a frame. It's awesome option for custom bikes, but as a mainstream for mass-produced bikes, unless it's done on industrial scale in acid wats, similar to auto production, it's unlikely to happen.

@SMidberg 6 месяцев назад

Bikes of my Dreams.

@waynebond5771 Год назад

Great video. Is Alex going to show us how those parts look on his bike? Would love to see that.

@mitchpaliga4851 Год назад

Black nickel is used on some saxophones (I have one), it's anodized nickel that turns black.

@8rk Год назад

11:20 : Norcal Cycling entered the chat

@thierrym6168 Год назад

What a job and what a nice bike ! Please could you tell me the brand and model of the aero cockpit ?

@cwwcww7465 Год назад

Also, I have a quick question. Since I have been introduced to your RU-vid Channel, I have been getting these incredible short bike build videos on my feed. Some of them are brilliant. A builder with awesome music building bikes. My question is, where did the first one originate or who did the first one of these? They are brilliant.

@garymiller1216 Год назад

my main concern there was if it comes off so easy with a quick rub, how durable is it? mainly on parts like the cassette, guess the rest could be lacquered, but defeating the object of weight and the protected coat in the first place,

@jameslee-pevenhull5087 Год назад

Mafac and Simplex anodised their componentry for the 1977 Peugeot Team bikes and Thevenet won the Tour. Gold.

@gordonlevine2143 Год назад

A art gallery? AN art gallery!!!!

@rule3036 Год назад

Unicorn vomit is I think the name someone used for rainbow colour.🤣

@ChrisBeard Год назад

This makes me happy that I'm saving up for a custom ti frame.

@gcntech Год назад

Awesome! That is going to be one sweet bike👌 Will you be getting it anodized?

@benjaminstevens4468 Год назад

The rainbow anodized stuff has been insanely popular for the last couple of years or so, in my experience… I think it looks rad but I shy away from things that are that trendy because it dates them, however solid color or even gradients are more to my liking… and if you have black aluminum parts on your bike, you have anodized parts, (almost) certainly. If I ever get a titanium frame, I will definitely have it partially custom anodized.

@billeterk Год назад

My glasses frame is rainbow ti from 1999 :-)

@brannmacfinnchad9056 Год назад

Alex Running into GCN Headquarters:"Guys, guys! Give me anything you have in Titanium!!"

@smokeduv Год назад

Just to notice that anodising aluminium is quite different and the oxide layer does not produce any color at al, so you need some dye that will get trapped within the oxide, which is what gives the color, unlike titanium where the voltage and the time will vary the thickness and the thickness is what gives the color because some wild light diffraction with the oxide

@dparrigo Год назад

Curious what the weight difference is (if any) comparing anodizing vs paint.....

@KaushikNSanji Год назад

Amazing process! So, is the "oil slick" effect obtained in the same way?

@paulgordon7526 Год назад

Hi Alex, Really good stuff about the anodizing. I have a favour to ask of you and Olly ! Could you please do a review of some of the more affordable British brands Boardman, Ribble, Dolan, Planet X, Genesis, Forme, Isen, Mason, Enigma Bikes to name a few. in this day in age with Leaving the EU we need to be promoting home grown British companies.(I have seen some stuff in the past about Ribble which was good!!)

@glennoc8585 Год назад

I like anodised aluminium but I've removed it too to polish up alloy.

@rule3036 Год назад

Oh this has given me too many ideas!

@David-qx8jm Год назад

That's been around a long time mate. I had a bmx bike years ago that was anadized. But that's ok keepemcoming anyway

@Deepak19944 Год назад

Dog at 0:01 be like, "oh here he comes again. Gonna get the fck outta here"

@joelintl2226 6 месяцев назад

Nice topic, but one question remained unanswered: how do you etch the entire frame, if you can't dip it into that small container with etching solution?

@davidf2281 Год назад

I like the purple

@biggertree7063 Год назад

This was legit cool.

@gcntech Год назад

Cheers! For more cool, you could check out our 'Makers' series on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/mep3

@jlchua Год назад

My dream bike ❤❤❤

@MTBScotland Год назад

did this in school - you can do it at home pretty easely (basic anodising)

@gcntech Год назад

Do you think it could become a new trend within cycling? 👀

@MTBScotland Год назад

@@gcntech parts yes frames no. You can buy a lot of Ti stuff already. my MTB is covered in Ti bolts. Would be expensive to get stuff custom coloured though.

@neilsmyth1812 Год назад

Is there not a weight saving issue as well for anodized frames over a painted one?

@user-mh1er9pb8i Год назад

How did the spindles turn out?

@peterhurley4194 Год назад

wait, what?! i didn’t know titanium can be anodized!! i’m going to anodize my 2000 litespeed!

@zero64 Год назад

Can anyone link me the backpack he was wearing in the intro? Looks good for commuting

@mehurar Год назад

DAMN!

@colinfisher2463 Год назад

Might be being thick, but with anodising how much depth to the material do you get the colour change, does anodising give better scratch resistance rather than custom painting a frame / component?

@gcntech Год назад

Great question! We'll have to get Tom back in the show to answer more question 🙌

@DavidVidaurri Год назад

❤❤❤❤luv it

@itshighertobeabayer6598 Год назад

When i got this right, anodizing is a purely cosmetic finish to the material - no protection, yes? Following up to this i'd only do it to titanium parts because i'd surely want my - lesser durable - aluminium to be protected by some sort of paint-layers ...🤔

@JonCannings Год назад

With all this gold, Cuthbert will need to be careful or B.A Baracus will be coming for him!

@gcntech Год назад

I pity the fool!

@loganpetty6171 Год назад

I want to see the new look on Alex’s bike.

@dirtroadie4642 Год назад

I think a anodized specialized Allez would be incredible

@gcntech Год назад

Ooooo are you going to give it a go? 👀

@Lukas-bl9wy Год назад

Since there is n paint, could you make an aluminium bike with the weight of a carbon bike?

@10ktube Год назад

How was this process discovered? Was it an accident or did someone know this was possible and rolled with it?

@theantichrome9842 Год назад

I don't like the fruity oil slick colors, but the process is neat. I prefer raw Ti.

@jascollinscork Год назад

Sick TT bike..... Looks even better than Ollie's 😜

@gcntech Год назад

Don't tell him that! 😳

@drobinson0601 11 месяцев назад

This bike was really easy to assemble ru-vid.comUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA and required very few adjustments out of the box. The wheels did not require any truing/adjustments. The frame had some small scratches, but nothing major.I did replace the seat though - the seat it came with was very uncomfortable. The tires need to be re-inflated every 4-5 days, but this appears to be quite common for the narrow 700x25 tires.Overall, in my opinion, this bike looks and rides like a much more expensive bike.