Slightspeed

Great job on the Colnago. I just finished a '73 Raleigh Super Course. The frame was an alley find, straight, but needing some brazing, and I added water bottle threaded inserts. I was really leaning towards powder coat, and saw a couple of lugged steel bikes that turned out well. I paid a lot more to have automotive paint, Toyota Spruce Mica, sprayed, decaled and clear coated. It took forever, cost too much, but I love how it turned out . I went with paint to have the same guy do the frame brazing, repairs and finish job all at once. Next time I may go with PC. My chrome was in decent shape, but the fork was black powder coated, so I went with a NOS chrome fork, and had the upper area painted. The bottom picture is "as found".