On Monday, June 02, 2003, at 01:21PM, Mara & Steven Maasland <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:
>- Fade paint jobs have been around a long time and well before Alexi
>Grewal. The sole difference being that Grewal accepted to use colours
>that would previously have been considered gauche. It was a real 'in
>your face' colour scheme that matched the whole political and economic
>attitudes of the decade. Do you remember the pink Merciers or even
>the 'celeste' Bianchis? Neither was ever considered to be terribly in
>keeping with the toughness of the sport of cycling. (I must admit to
>however liking celeste, fades and even the Mercier pink)
Here's a really nice 50s fade of un-tough colors as an example.
< http://ebay.com/