Before photo : Not the worst out there - but definitely lived a hard life . This bike is from the 8 speed era, I built it originally in 1995

White (pearl in this case) paint is good at hiding damage in photos , but the frame has a smattering of bumps, bruises and dents along with typical paint wear and tear on chainstays and forks ----
--- the dents were not huge and the local framebuilder suggested filling them in with brazing material and filing them smooth as opposed to replacing the tubes ----






Fast forward a few months --- and she is ready for newfound glory ! Paint is not perfect but is a far cry better than I saw on a lot of production frames from the time period

REally nice shade of pearl, and I went with orange for the decals just out of personal preference






Now comes the dilemna ---- I've been collecting piles of very nice lightly used Racing T triple parts over the winter along with other bits n pieces from this frames time period

So whats the problem you say? - I have 2 other machines built up with triple cranksets but for most of my riding, I have found I like the compact doubles better --- I am almost thinking about going modern on the complete gruppo since I have not been able to find any square taper compact Campy cranksets that would blend in with the rest of my mid 90's components I have rounded up -- (and I am not in solid enough shape to push a 39 x27 up some of the short, steep hills I encounter in my AO )

--- It admittedly is a fun dilemma to be in and a nice distraction from some of the heavy-handed personal issues I have railed on about on this forum