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Old 05-29-11 | 12:07 PM
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FBinNY
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

back in the Bronze Age many Italian bikes came with pearlized paint and the concept of factory touch up paint didn't exist yet.

Most found that the only way to get a decent match for touch up was nail polish, and those who used it found it provided long term (decades) of protection. Unfortunately paint fades over time, so many of these carefully matched touch up jobs ended up looking line acne scars, but that's another issue.
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