Originally Posted by
Rocket-Sauce
111 posts and no one has mentioned Pegoretti? Yeah, yeah.... he was one of the best ever, and beauty in the eye of the beholder and all... But these look like the frames he used in order to wipe his paintbrushes on...
yeah... it's definitely a matter of personal taste. I haven't warmed up to many of his paint schemes. I do kinda like the white one w/color splotches that you used as an example (shown below)
Originally Posted by
Rocket-Sauce
I've only seen two Pegoretti's in person.
One was at the 2009 NAHBS, as part of the Brooks booth (it had a fuzzy Brooks saddle on it, IIRC)
the other Pegoretti I've seen belongs to a local fellow. It's much more subdued... almost stealthy, really. Maybe the outrageous Pegoretti paint schemes are just show bikes?
Steve in Peoria