Bike Check: Josh Lowe's Custom Hardline YT Tues is Painted with Real Rust
As we roll into the this year's Red Bull Hardline, riders are showing up ready to throw down, and maybe none so much as Josh Lowe, voted last year's Rider of the Week.
This year, YT surprised him with a custom Tues, painted with a specific paint and technique that actually incorporates real rust - that was the only way to make the color and texture look authentic, said Dennis Dastig, Senior Graphic Designer at YT.
The process involves applying a paint that contains metal particles, then adding an oxidizing agent to rust the metal in the paint. Then, it needs to be lacquered over to stop the process from continuing. The method can be used on a wide variety of surfaces - hence the rusted carbon fiber bike.
The result is pretty unique.
This year, YT surprised him with a custom Tues, painted with a specific paint and technique that actually incorporates real rust - that was the only way to make the color and texture look authentic, said Dennis Dastig, Senior Graphic Designer at YT.
The process involves applying a paint that contains metal particles, then adding an oxidizing agent to rust the metal in the paint. Then, it needs to be lacquered over to stop the process from continuing. The method can be used on a wide variety of surfaces - hence the rusted carbon fiber bike.
The result is pretty unique.
Ready for Hardline.
Josh was surprised and over the moon to check out his new bike.
Details
Frame: YT Tues CF 29"
Shock: Fox Factory DHX2 w/ 425 lb spring, HSR 7, LSR 11, HSC 4, LSC 10
Fork: Fox Factory 40 / 70 psi / 2 tokens, HSR 6, LSR 8, HSC 2, LSC 8
Wheels: Reverse Components
Tires: Maxxis Minion DHR II / 24 psi F, 28 psi R
Drivetrain: SRAM XO
Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
Cockpit: Reverse Components
Pedals: Crankbrothers Mallet DH 11
Frame: YT Tues CF 29"
Shock: Fox Factory DHX2 w/ 425 lb spring, HSR 7, LSR 11, HSC 4, LSC 10
Fork: Fox Factory 40 / 70 psi / 2 tokens, HSR 6, LSR 8, HSC 2, LSC 8
Wheels: Reverse Components
Tires: Maxxis Minion DHR II / 24 psi F, 28 psi R
Drivetrain: SRAM XO
Brakes: SRAM Code RSC
Cockpit: Reverse Components
Pedals: Crankbrothers Mallet DH 11
 | I actually couldn't believe it to be honest. When the team pulled it out of the van I thought it was for somebody else, and for it to look that good too was an absolute dream come true. I can’t wait to send it here at Hardline. |
The paint job is obviously the central focus of this bike, but it would also be a dialed machine with the stock coloring.
Josh is running a Fox Factory DHX2 with a 425 lb spring paired with his 40 up front.
Lowe. Custom AF, with a seven-speed XO drivetrain for the pedally bits.
The Crankbrothers Mallet DH 11 and Fox Factory colors go nicely with the bike.
Up close and personal.
We look forward to watching Josh send the massive course.
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Omelette.
Daughter's team had a car show fund raiser and all these guys brought old rusted out pickups with the original engines but then had beautifully upholstered bench seats & high end wheels.
They were just rust buckets to me. Feels like a poor man's way of taking short cuts and feeling like he's got a custom hot rod. It's not...it's budget and unfinished.
“Wow, you painted the fork!”
Yeah, and the rest of the bike too.
“But the FORK, dude. It’s… It’s the same colour as the frame!”
Why is this so shocking to people.
I think many many model painters would beg to disagree.
I even remember seeing a '33 Ford Coupe that was actually a fiberglass reproduction body, and it was so well done that most people were astonished when told it was FRP. But when it failed "The magnet test", they finally got it.
Hopefully.....
It needs to ; )