Originally Posted by
thirdgenbird
original stuff? All three of my bikes were obtained (and originally sold) as framesets. The colnago in paticular is a lost cause for restoring it to original condition. A previous owner had joe bell knock off the shifter braze ons prior to the custom paint:
unless someone goes to a lot of work, it will forever be a resto mod.
Hey atleast the rest of the frame was saved. Mor pics of this please. that yellow is LOUD!! Love it.
For my own $.02... I have only ever owned "new' bikes, either new or only a couple years old. The only time i ever rode steel was converting my moms old 80s Schwinn Into a single speed for strength training on short group rides. i just sold off my '11 Supersix and am currently building up an 80s Reynolds 531 frame. I got it free from a guy who had already stripped the paint and was thinking about junking it. So I figured the modern group would go perfect with the classic steel. Looking forward to feeling the difference in the ride, as my SS would try to tattle my fillings out.