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09/19/2026

Are you ready for some bicycle eye candy? Don, of Newport, RI, (what is this, bike number 6?) sent us another of his “Holy Grail” of bikes, a 1939 Sun “The Wasp”. The bike was refinished in Illusion Lime Time with Adam’s Gold top coat, Bad Boy Yellow accent panels, metallic gold lug lining, and decals. Other than that, we’ll let his photos tell the rest of the story. We absolutely love the details, particularly the chain oiler.

09/17/2026

Bryan Smith, of Acworth, GA, sent us his Endpoint Hunter Gatherer Frame/Fork and a Haulin’ Colin porteur rack for refinishing. He had noticed some chipped paint and surface rust that he wanted to get ahead of before it got any worse. As the parts had been originally powder coated, chemical stripping was required to remove the finish. It was a wise move that he sent the frame when he did. While stripping the frame we noticed a significant amount of corrosion that had not been visible previously. During a consultation with him, he shared that the bike had previously been his commuter in Auckland, NZ, where the humidity is even worse than it is in Georgia. He agreed to proceed with our corrosion inhibitor package of an Iron Phosphate treatment and Zinc Rich Primer base coat. He had selected RAL5008 Gray Blue for the frame and fork, and the rack to be done in black. The finished project turned out great and should be a quality ride for many years to come.

09/15/2026

Mark, of San Rafael, CA, sent us two frames at the same time. This one was a track frame of unknown manufacture. I was purchased as bare steel and had never been finished. A cursory media blast was done to remove the superficial rust. Mark chose Sexy Copper for the color which is a rustic copper with a soft gold metallic, and has a semi-gloss finish. It’s going to be a bike with a “simplistic elegance” vibe

09/08/2026

Mark, of San Rafael, CA, sent us two frames at the same time. One was a Serotta travel frame with S&S couplers, along with a stem. Prior to arriving here, he had some modifications done to the frame for internal wiring. We removed the coupler collars and stripped off the remaining paint. Mark had selected Diamond Blue for the new color. After powder coating, furnished decals were applied, and then a gloss clear urethane top for additional sheen and protection. In our opinion he’s got himself a very sophisticated looking ride for the road.

09/01/2026

Charles is a local Topeka resident who we first met at the Topeka Community Cycling Project a couple of years ago when he was in high school. He has a passion for fixing up bicycles and is already quite a collector. He has worked for us part time over the past two years, primarily doing disassembly and media blasting. Some time back he salvaged an REI Novara Arriba mountain bike frame from the scrap pile at TCCP that he wanted to fix up for himself. The aluminum seat post was hopelessly seized into the steel frame. After trying all of the conventional methods of removal we switched to the radical methods. In our collection of obsolete and abandoned tools we had a vintage quill remover made from a old bumper jack (if you are younger than 50 you probably have never heard of such a thing). A 1/2” hole was drilled through the seat post and a steel rod was inserted. The tool was braced against the bottom bracket shell and tensioned against the rod. While the jack was being ratcheted up, heat was applied to the seat tube. So much force was applied to the contraption that the steel rod bent into a “V” shape. Eventually, the post began to budge, and ultimately was removed from the frame.
Charles’ favorite color is yellow, which probably attracted him to the frame in the first place. We had agreed to let him powder coat the frame himself, something that he had not done previously. We had several single stage yellows in stock, easy first-timer application sort of stuff. Nope… He chose the most difficult of all, Candy Yellow Transparent, with an Alien Silver base coat and glitter clear top coat. It was a definite learning experience for the young man but he got what he wanted. We hope to see finished build photos in the near future.

08/22/2026

Trevatie, of Kansas City, brought us his Cult DAK BMX frame for repair and refinishing. It had a sizable dent in the down tube to be filled in. He chose Sunset Orange with a Casper Clear (matte) top coat for the new color. He recently sent us photos of the finished build. Pretty snappy!

08/20/2026

Travis, of Shawnee, KS, is a repeat customer. He brought us a Trek 900 series road bike frame. Initially, he only wanted decals and top coat applied. We haggled a bit and encouraged him to allow us to strip off the “too thick” layer of powder coat and refinish it properly. This revealed that it was a model 950. Gloss black, with a metallic royal blue head tube were used for the color scheme. We applied the decals that Travis had supplied and then sent it out for a urethane gloss clear coat. We found a period correct brass head badge in our stockpile and used in in lieu of the supplied decal. He recently sent us a photo of the finished build. What a classic!

08/04/2026

Today, for the first time in almost 20 years, there were no customer bikes to work on in the shop. “Wow, so this is what retirement will feel like!” To celebrate we mixed up a “Tequila Sunrise”. Using Illusion Cherry, Illusion Orange Cherry, and Illusion Orange we created a fade from the top to the bottom of the frame and fork. Our party was short lived… Within two hours a local bike shop called to say that they had not one, but two bikes waiting for us to pick up. Oh well, we kinda overdid it on the Grenadine anyway. Best to leave the mixology to the trained professionals. Duty calls - Ride safe out there.

07/31/2026

John, of Kansas City, is a repeat customer. This go-round he had us spruce up a Schwinn High Sierra that he wanted to use as his daily commuter. He chose Auto Charcoal Metallic for the color. While building it up he discovered that the fork blades, which had come with the frame, were bent, and would not accept a wheel. Their O.L.D. was around 93-94mm, and both were leaning to the non-drive side. We were able to spread them to the proper 100mm width and realign them back to center. John is a happy camper again and in search of some cargo racks to complete the build.

07/28/2026

Scott, of Shawnee, KS, brought us his Soma Double Cross for a makeover. While the paint on the frame was still in very good condition, he wanted something a little different, and a pair of water bottle bosses added to the underside of the down tube. He chose Red Drop, from Prismatic Powders, for the new color. We had paint specially matched for application to the carbon fork. Both the frame and fork were clear coated to unify the gloss level between the two processes. He graced us with several photos of the final build. It looks stunning to us.

Address

912 SE 44th Street
Topeka, KS
66609

Telephone

+19132869399

Website

http://www.GroodyBros.com/

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