After riding it for several years, I finally commissioned CyclArt to repaint my 1959 Capo. Since the frame and fork had already been repainted once, I was spared the usual original-finish angst.

For economic reasons, I did not have the original foil decals ("Modell Campagnolo" on top tube, Austrian eagle on seat tube) reproduced, but Susan did make me a pair of white drop-shadowed CAPO decals for the downtube, and sold me a genuine Reynolds 531 decal for the seat tube. [It's too bad Reynolds never made German-language 531 decals!] I copied the colour scheme (red with white head tube, to show off the exceptionally ornate lugwork) of an original-finish 1961 Capo I saw on the Internet.

The final result looks fabulous. (I told Jim this was much more fun than buying a new bicycle!) My wife especially likes the red-and-white lace look of the head lugs. (I have seen Capo Modell Campagnolos with and without chromed lugs, half-forks, and half-stays. Since I live a km downwind of the Pacific Ocean, Jim warned me strongly against chrome.) My Capo is definitely a rider, not a museum piece. Not wishing to return to the dark ages of cottered cranks, steel seat posts, and heavy brass Campag. Gran Sport derailleurs, I have installed a 26.4mm Campag. microadjust seatpost, a Campag. Veloce crankset, and an early 1980s Campag. rear derailleur. I have retained the original Weinmann brake calipers and Campag. downtube shift levers.