Originally Posted by cyclorat
DB'S are sweet frames but are reputed for the ****tiest paint jobs ever to grace a bike. Hell, at least the paint on a huffy stays! so basically, when youy buy a DB, add $100 for a powdercoating.
That's why when I saw two UNSCRATCHED DB's behind the handlebar I was really thrown off :-D
My Marin frame must have a similar paint job. Little chips missing all over the effin' place. Granted, I've already crashed it twice, but neither of those times had anything to do with the current paint loss. By far the most brittle paint job I've ever seen on a bike.