Re: [CR]Was: Mavic GL330 Rim, now Rim Beauty vs. Ugliness

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:00:47 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Mavic GL330 Rim, now Rim Beauty vs. Ugliness
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Raoul Delmare wrote:
> Yeah !!
> Rims should be the color of what they are !!
> Wood should look like wood .
> Aluminum should be aluminum colored ( why do we call it "silver color"
> instead of "aluminum color" ? ) .
> Rims ought to be silvery-aluminum !!
> Tires ought to be black !!
> Just as God intended !!

And steel should be steel color !! Ooops. Paint on a frame is pretty...

Thought you were on a roll there Raoul!

But what about a late '70s Bianchi Superleggera with the Mavic OR 10 gold anodized rims they came with. They look pretty nice with the Celeste paint and the gold drop-shadow Bianchi decals don't they?

Chuck "trying for funny ironic without the snideity" Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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