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View Poll Results: Which option on eyelets/headsets?
Drew the eyelets and keep the Stronglight headset.
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9.80%
Drew the eyelets and get a Campagnolo headset.
11
21.57%
Keep the eyelets and the Stronglight headset.
16
31.37%
Keep the eyelets and get a Campagnolo headset.
19
37.25%
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Poll: Headset choice and Drewing

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Old 10-21-11, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdaspeed
Wow, you're lucky it didn't explode!
Or catch fire, fall over and sink into the swamp.
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This whole thread cracks me up!
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Yep.

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Originally Posted by Capecodder
Keep the eyelets and get a Campagnolo headset.
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Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
This whole thread cracks me up!
Yes. Much ado about nothing, with the emphasis on the much ado, not the nothing.
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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes

Maybe I'm too cheap to own this bike....then again, I just bought the seat stay buttons and a proper binder bolt. ouch!
Imagine how I felt the day I was tightening the binder bolt when it snapped, and both buttons went flying, as if possessed. I never did find them, tore the garage apart, I have a feeling they shot out the open door and ended up in the next county. No one had a binder bolt in stock at the time, either. One LBS suggested a quick release binder. Haven't stepped foot in there since.

I now have a binder bolt in reserve, and a couple of spare buttons. Cinelli dealers can get them for you at a fraction of the eBay price, if you ever need them again.
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i can't see any benefit to removing them aside from the perceived internet coolness factor which at times can be very powerful. I do see cons. Therefor I'd have to keep them, were it mine.
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UPDATE:

I've been really attacking the last vestiges of any paint or primer or grease or rust on the frame. What I've found....

a-The same primer and paint were on both the eyelets and the frame. The primer is black, and the paint was red. So, it appears the bike was either painted or repainted after the eyelets were installed.

b-Very little brazing material, and pretty uniform. The more I clean the area, the more it looks like a very experienced job on the eyelets.

c-I'm getting through to the actual metal on the eyelets, the shiny metal. I'm almost wondering now if they were put on when the frame was ordered, and it was painted once that was done.

Any ideas?
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What, no pictures?
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soon, soon. I'm actually looking into re-chroming.....
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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes
soon, soon. I'm actually looking into re-chroming.....
Robbie, I was quoted $600 for a complete re-chrome by a competent chromer, experienced in bicycles. Hydrogen embrittlement and all...
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Very tempting.
Figure a precise powder coat is $100, done the way I want.
Figure a precise paint job is $350, done the way I want.

Another $250 for chrome, never have to worry again, spread out over the next 15 years I live and ride....
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Robbie, here was my quote from a very good Cinelli restorer:
Chrome $400
Chr. masking $280
1 color (blue) $350
Decals $65
Application $40
Bottle bosses $30(I wanted a second set)

PS - Hope you live and ride more than 15 years
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