Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,520
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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
Before and After UO8
Yes I know some of you would ask "Why?" but no one ever said C&V is a logical hobby. The old UO8 has been around the house since the early 90's when I picked it up for my wife who was then my new girlfriend who wanted an old bike so we could ride together. Well, she got a mountain bike when we moved to Colorado so it's just been sitting in the garage for the past 9 years. I've decided to pull it out of retirement and give it a partial restoration/refurb. Here's where you come in...I can't decide on bar tape and cable housing colors. It's orange and originally had black tape and white cable housing but that just seems rather boring. Here's a "Before" picture from a year or so ago with white bar tape:
But I don't really like that look either. So I'm thinking either yellow, orange, or blue bar tape/housing. Aside from changing the color scheme, it will also get back the original Normandy hi-flange hubs laced to Weinmann aluminum rims, a stylish Pivo stem and bars, a Stronglight 49D crank, an Ideale saddle, and an SR seatpost. So, what shall it be? Yellow, orange, blue, something else?
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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