Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
Rabid Koala
And then there is French chrome, which surrenders to rust and deterioration faster than French paint!
And I was gonna make a snarky comment about the French army but I won't go there
Probably true about French chrome/paint but I must say the chrome on my UO8 fork is perfect and the paint on the frame is damaged only through physical contact (nasty chips and scratches) that would have occured to any paint job - most likely due to the fact that it was my wife's bike and neither she nor apparently its original owner took it out of the garage very often
(And now she wants me to put a basket on the front of her current bike and rig it up so our French Bulldog mix can ride in it - sheesh! That's gonna happen
Maybe I'll put a basket on the Peugeot to carry a bottle of wine, some cheese, and a baguette but a 25-lb squirming dog hanging on the handlebars doesn't sound like a good idea to me! (No doubt someone will disagree
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista