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Old 04-14-18, 07:12 AM
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Since this thread is a little thin, how about bikes with paint by Marinoni?

In '83 I was working at a shop in Burlington VT and we did a brisk business in repaints, with the work done by Marinoni's operation in Montreal. We'd accumulate a few frames and make a run for the border to drop off for later pickup. I was building two birthday bikes for my then-girlfriend (now wife), a Trek 520 that had been through a house fire and a Chiorda mixte road bike that I was building as an MTB. She decided she wanted purple with red panels for the Trek and pink with turquoise panels for the MTB. I also got some brazing done on both frames and some chrome on the Trek. Both turned out very nicely. She later sold the Trek on consignment and the Chiorda to a friend whose daughter needed a bike to ride to school. Twenty years later the now-grown daughter no longer needs the bike and we got it back.
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