1950’s D.J. Special
Another classic restoration. When I recieved the bike it was covered in surface rust and all the striping, logos etc. were badly faded. I took as many references as I could and matched the colours to the...
Autumn Leaves
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Fred Keefe’s early 1900’s track bike
Fred Keefe was a Tasmanian cycling champion from the early 1900's. He raced all over the world and at one time held the 100 mile world record. I was given an old rusted track bike to refurbish recently...
Troy Brosnan’s fork
Sram Australia asked me to paint up some Rock Shox forks for Australian downhill mountain bike champion Troy Brosnan. They were to commemorate his win in the UCI world downhill championship at Fort...
Collection
Here is a collection of projects done over the last few months. I frequently post photos of work on Instagram. You can follow me @sungraphics1
Colnago Super
This job started as a very tired, yellow hand painted Colnago. The customer loved the paint scheme on the Colnago Teknos frame from the mid 80's. This paint scheme was also done on a few Supers as...
Merckx Pista
Decided to keep this one simple and clean. The frame and fork were re chromed and I painted the frame ferrari blue. I made up the decal set based on a photo of a rare Pista found on the net.
Classic Rossin Pista
A customer who collects Pistas wanted to restore this classic but make it a bit different. We decided to paint it champagne which suited the black/orange decals.
Vintage Malvern Star
This old 3 star Malvern Star was in a real sad state. Completely covered in surface rust and full of dents and scratches. After many hours of taking references, sandblasting and re- painting, the old...
Orange TCR
A mate owns a Giant bike shop called Bicycles Inc. His logo and favorite colour is orange. He gave me this TCR advaced frame set and said make it bright, factory looking but slightly modified. This was...
Giant Pink Propel
This was just a simple colour change on a 2013 Giant Propel. Interesting finish of matte and gloss clearcoat.
Sun Graphics XTC SL
I received my new Giant 29er XTC Advanced SL recently. I decided to use my sun logo as the base of the design. I then made up a few different metallic based shades of the Giant blue and finished it of...
Tanya’s Paul Smith Parlee
I painted up Tanya's Parlee a couple of years ago in a subtle giraffe pattern. After many races and a lot of km's, the bike was looking a bit tired. She approached me with the idea of painting up the...
Aussie Champ 4 Shaw Helmet
Dion from 4 Shaw agencies wanted another helmet done for one of his sponsored riders. As usual the brief was "you know what to do, just make it stand out". I don't think you'll miss this Aussie champion...
Circuitry Frame
A frame builder from Canberra contacted me to paint a steel frame he was putting together for the Melbourne Handmade Bike Show. He wanted the tubing all wrapped with an electronic circuit pattern . After...
Wooden rock shox
A while ago l was asked to paint some carbon road forks to match a handmade timber frame from the USA. This time a guy had a mountain bike made from the same company and asked if l could paint up his...
Concorde Gavina
Recently finished this mid 80's Concorde Gavina. Enjoyed painting this classic with the faded stripes and blending.
Olympic Bikes
Had the privelidge of designing and painting the mountain bikes for the 2012 Olympic games. The breif was(green and gold aussie stuff, you know what to do). This was the final outcome, simple and fast...
