RE: [CR] Restoration

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

From: <d-gordon@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR] Restoration
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:35:17 -0800
In-Reply-To: <41AA071D.1090106@new.rr.com>


nick zatezalo wrote:
> I wish we could see more vintage bicycles that have been preserved and
> fewer that have been restored. Fresh paint and new decals do not make
> a classic ... better.

<John T.> I agree with you to a large extent -- I don't restore bikes;..<snip>

<Dave G> I also agree, but ideally it would be nice to do both and that's pobably what the majority of people here are doing. We have our well used classic every-day bike and another one that we like to keep very clean and looking pretty and work on restoring if need be. I know a few guys that use crashed frames as the ones to put on the wall. You can buy them cheap at a fraction of the cost, and have the minor damage repaired. They look really pretty and you don't have to have $20k invested in a corner.