Originally Posted by rufvelo
That characteristic is very Italian! You got what you paid for
I expect to have to repaint a Cinelli, Colnago(replace all that crazy color with red) sometime in a few years.
IF you inspect very closely, every trail will have aound it's bigger bumps, chips of Colnago, Cinelli, celeste paint sprinkled around. Touch-ups are the only practical solution, this especially if you have a black bike. If you really value the frame though, a complete repaint is the only option. Hopefully you'll get Masiguy to take care of that for you.
To be really accurate, I should modify my avatar to show several specs of missing paint on my Cinelli
You need to go back. Tim says the paint job on the Gran Crits from 2002 to 2004 were done in Taiwan not Italy. Even thouhg the frames were built in Italy. The Italian paint jobs were famously known for their problems.