Originally Posted by
SoCaled
Right? There is a thread on this bike
somewhere?
- The specialized paint job was much better
- It takes a lot of work to paint a bike (even badly)
- Decals cost money
- I did not pay Specialized $$ for this bike, let alone Pinarello $$
- Bought from Beverly Hills, picked up from a guy in a hundred thousand dollar SUV
- He told me (awfully convincing) stories of him and his brother riding this bike hundreds of miles over years
- Messaged with the seller a few weeks later, told him I loved the bike, but asked if he knew the history and he sounded as surprised as I was, took him a minute to even understand/digest what I was talking about
- It ended with the seller saying he was going to reach out to his brother (who he got the bike from), who was traveling in Europe to try and get the story, again he sure sounded to me like he was as curious as I was . . . but never heard more.
I keep thinking I might break this down and strip it. Then use it as a test/practice frame to paint, can't make it much worse.
So you didn't paint it? I am confused now, you have before and after photos so I was assuming you had painted it. Hopefully if you didn't paint it you didn't pay extra for a fake Pinarello that would suck.