un cleared at none in Elora, Ontario, Canada - photo by radrider

Tonic fall guy...80+ hours of work all done with a permanent marker on raw tonic steel, 100% freehand and 100% go with the flow(no pre-planning, no rulers, no taping)...this is never used never part mounted frame will be posting for sale after clear coat

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dillonchamberlain (Feb 17, 2010 at 9:18)

looks sick with more than just black and white.

Rattsl (Feb 17, 2010 at 10:19)

Makes me wanna raw my frame and get it done by him. Radrider it looks great man. Loving the touch of colors.

radrider (Feb 17, 2010 at 10:26)

Thanks i really like the way the color hints turned out

rydindirty (Feb 19, 2010 at 10:16)

stellar!

bike347 (Apr 17, 2010 at 7:25)

Thats sooo sick man, props!

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tsaktop (Feb 17, 2010 at 9:35)

u re gettin better and better as I can see. cool

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SHADOWcranks-N-bones (Feb 18, 2010 at 0:42)

wow this is by far the best ive seen from you yet radrider very nice work, you should do graphic designs for a bike company, you could earn LOADS with this sorta stuff!!!

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mvonhollen (Feb 24, 2010 at 20:43)

That's insane, well done once again!

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undercoverfreak (Feb 23, 2010 at 6:05)

that is quite officially the best artwork on any frame I have ever seen. Congrats!

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mtnbikemike (Feb 24, 2010 at 21:34)

your fave ratio on this pic is like 8.5:1, f*ck sakes, that's crazy!

mtnbikemike (Feb 26, 2010 at 16:07)

i could EASILY look at this everday!

radrider (Feb 26, 2010 at 16:10)

lol man, just wait till i get an airbrush gun then you'll start seeing way nicer stuff from me

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jjfjoel1 (Feb 28, 2010 at 15:48)

what kind of frame is this originally

radrider (Feb 28, 2010 at 15:52)

tonic fab., "fall guy".

jjfjoel1 (Feb 28, 2010 at 16:03)

awesome

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Maksimbike (Apr 2, 2010 at 17:17)

holy f*ck. that looks wayyyyy too good for freehand

You got skills.

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Erikturner (Jul 21, 2010 at 20:44)

man you should do this for a living you would make so much money

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tyler-durden (Jul 5, 2010 at 20:33)

so something like this costs 300$?

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KBJohn (Jun 18, 2010 at 16:21)

How much did this end up going for?

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kristjanstorrie (Mar 3, 2010 at 17:57)

this is amazing did he screw up doing it sometimes??

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jaredhtop (Feb 18, 2010 at 16:02)

What will be your asking price on this frame?

radrider (Feb 18, 2010 at 16:07)

no asking price because i dont know what to ask, i paid 900 canadian for it last year but now the dollar is messed up and they lowered the price on these frames, so it would cost about 700 canadian now without the paint. so im looking for 700+ w/e people want to offer ont he paint job (80+ hours this one took)

jaredhtop (Feb 18, 2010 at 16:13)

i think you could put it on ebay with a asking price of 600+$$ then the bids will go up.

radrider (Feb 18, 2010 at 16:19)

ya i was thinking about that, im going to give pinkbike guys a week to give offers starting monday though, then if i dont see any good offers to ebay it goes

jaredhtop (Feb 19, 2010 at 14:11)

yeah that is more than likely your best bet man, but i can't see PB'ers giving legitimate offers vs. what it is worth.

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Erikturner (Feb 8, 2011 at 13:35)

how much would it cost to do something like this

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logan77 (Feb 17, 2010 at 9:47)

incredable.

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bigpapirocks (Feb 17, 2010 at 9:20)

what did u use to write on the frame??

radrider (Feb 17, 2010 at 9:22)

I used to use industrial strength sharpie, on this build i used permapaque markers. next build i am using sharpie paint markers.

brian02rider (Feb 17, 2010 at 12:49)

oil or water based?
and btw this is looks pretty badass imo

radrider (Feb 17, 2010 at 13:48)

not 100% sure but i think its acrylic based.

wyatt-earp (Feb 17, 2010 at 15:55)

Dude the Sharpie paint markers (from my experience) aren't that good. I would look into some of the krink and/or Decocolor paint markers, they work really well.

brian02rider (Feb 17, 2010 at 17:02)

yea ive heard krink is pretty good

radrider (Feb 17, 2010 at 17:48)

im actually going to be using artline markers, i just tested some out that i got in and they are amazing,when dry they are so tough that they dont even need clear coat.

wyatt-earp (Feb 17, 2010 at 18:03)

Hmmm never heard of them. I'm saving up for a nice big set of Copics. Big Grin

Jholmie111 (Feb 27, 2010 at 7:05)

ive got 3 krinks for sale under my buy sell...there transparent but look sick, i have a dark blue kinda black, green and i think green

brian02rider (Feb 27, 2010 at 9:37)

lol krinks, copics, artlines, sharpie paint markers... sooo many options, what do u guys think is the best?

wyatt-earp (Feb 27, 2010 at 11:28)

Copics are by far the best, but probably not for this project.

brian02rider (Feb 27, 2010 at 14:13)

then what are copics good for?

wyatt-earp (Feb 28, 2010 at 19:41)

Paper...?

brian02rider (Feb 28, 2010 at 20:24)

oh i thought u were gona say school washrooms lmfaooo

wyatt-earp (Feb 28, 2010 at 21:06)

Hahahahah

brian02rider (Mar 1, 2010 at 4:49)

everyones seen that graffiti on the walls when your taking a shit lol

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noodle13 (Feb 17, 2010 at 12:51)

love this frame

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bweger1234 (Feb 17, 2010 at 14:23)

Beautiful braden! They get better every time!

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josh090 (Feb 17, 2010 at 16:19)

r those letters free hand drawn?...very sick btw

radrider (Feb 17, 2010 at 16:53)

all freehand

josh090 (Feb 18, 2010 at 17:52)

wow very clean man nice job

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derfmtb (Feb 21, 2010 at 5:44)

:O That is the sickest paint job EVER!

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timfrancis (Dec 22, 2010 at 7:50)

Outa interest, how much did this sell for in the end?

radrider (Dec 23, 2010 at 18:08)

since the us dollar f*cked up so bad it sold for the same i paid for it. so pretty much 80 hours work for nothing lol.

timfrancis (Dec 24, 2010 at 3:17)

Ah that sucks man, its the nature of art though - under-appreciated. its not for nothing though, your work is sick, an if it helps to get your name out there, in the future it'll be a good thing if you wana do this as a job/sidejob...

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MAttBEll (Jan 18, 2011 at 8:17)

wonder how that ink holds up in the rain...

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highvoltagefr (Feb 21, 2010 at 12:12)

Wow ! :O

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SavageMountainAnimal (Feb 17, 2010 at 12:07)

So nice!

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MarzocchiBoy11 (Feb 17, 2010 at 15:46)

thats sick!

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dingus (Aug 19, 2010 at 10:49)

Holy sick!

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