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Old 05-26-14 | 02:35 PM
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VG, sorry to disappoint you: no colour code, no ready made Gitane Olympic blue. I went out to car shops with the fork, to have it colour scanned, but apparently the surface is too small, so that couldn't be done. I then started mixing some paint myself, starting from a darker colour blue, and the result turned out pretty OK (I did a lot worse on other bikes). The frame was not very scratched to begin with, though. I'm under the impression that blue is a relatively easy colour to retouch, easier than red or orange, and much easier than metallics. Nice work on the Trophée BTW.
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