Originally Posted by
deeth82
Loving the Frankenbikes so far, everyone! A few thoughts:
Old's'cool: Those bikes certainly qualify, but I must admit, they are quite beautiful--especially on account of being Frankenbikes!
Why thank-you!
The Univega has major patina, which is actually a good thing, since it is my official beater, for bad weather & leaving locked up in town.
The CILO had lots of patina also, when I acquired her, but since it was already repainted, I went with a full sandblasting & re-powdercoating, which turned out very nice. I made no effort to restore to factory appearance, (a) because I have no idea what that was, and (b) it is actually quite a high end bike with 531 frame & components, so if I have to leave it locked, at least it's less of a target than it might be otherwise.