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Old 11-19-12 | 07:38 AM
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Bikes: 1977 Bridgestone Kabuki Super Speed; 1979 Raleigh Professional; 1983 Raleigh Rapide mixte; 1974 Peugeot UO-8; 1993 Univega Activa Trail; 1972 Raleigh Sports; 1967 Phillips; 1981 Schwinn World Tourist; 1976 Schwinn LeTour mixte; 1964 Western Flyer

Originally Posted by big chainring
No its not metallic. Just super faded. Some areas you can see through to the white primer. Kinda starting to like it as is. Its very funky the way the color fades and changes. Very few scratches and the components are almost like new. Just the incredibly faded paint.
I've got a red '79 SC, and it's faded to kind of a hugger orange.
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