> On May 21, 12:47 am, [email protected] wrote:
> > Why can't a bike be both?
> > I saw a deep green Lemond at the Tour of California that nearly took
> > my breath away, and yet it transported just fine.
Just gotta keep the perspective on what is primary (transport) and what
is secondary (eye candy). Years back I had a friendly exchange with a
guy in NZ who didn't want to ruin the fancy paint job (six coats of
lacquer) on his M/C fuel tank in order to fix a leak that made the M/C
unusable. Eventually I talked him around to grasping that getting it
usable was the more important aspect, and the appearance could be fixed
up later, if desired.
Andre Jute <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I was thinking, again, about how godawfully ugly the ali
> welds are on all my current bikes which in all other respects please
> me mightily,
So, get a grinder and a flap wheel, or a coarse Scotchbrite conditioning
disc, and fix em. Some folks ooh and ahh over that "stack of dimes"
look, others prefer a less pronounced weld appearance. Metal can be
moved. Contrariwise, you could fillet over them with Bondo ;-)
With a little masking tape, you could even paint on "lugs".
Personally I'm debating between flat camo, flat black, blaze orange and
random poorly brushed on colors for reworking a couple of revived
junkers, but my aim is the opposite of eye candy - I want the bike no
self-respecting thief would bother with, that gets me from point A to
point B. Some rust is good in this light, but too much is worrisome.
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