Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
Conservation has little meaning to me, besides saving water, minerals, and fossil fuels for my use.
Needed Repairs/Maintenance is getting the bike to work properly as is, including wear-out replacements.
Restoration is spending way more than value added to get the vehicle back to original specs.
Reproduction is a copy of an original, with accuracy only a guage. monodo's EM, EddyR's 7-11...
Rehabilitation is to correct flaws to normalcy, and that's what a flipper may do, and varies by degree.
Tuneup and Upgrade is what I pretty much do. I do the needed repairs, maintenance, and upgrade to compete with a newer market.
Around here, everyone uses "restore" as a broad term that can encompass all of the above. I know what they mean.
But it's not a reproduction. It's the actual frame that's been repainted & fitted with parts that are identical/similar to what it originally would have had.
I guess that it really doesn't matter in my case, as I have no intention of ever selling either the Merckx or the Colnago. That's probably why I initially had the Merckx built up with Campy, and the Colnago has had 5 different configurations since I've owned it. I'm finally happy with them as they are, though.