I would feel no guilt about the paint. It was too he-manly anyway. I'm sure the bike looks as good as you're telling us.

Your next gift to her should be a year's subscription to Veloria's blog.

Nice build and great colour. Thought i'd chime in with my recent build. I went for a maglia rosa jersey colour from the Giro. It's pretty funny to me that my wife was going, why the hell do you want a pink bike.:)

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