In a message dated 11/10/2004 3:07:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
> I remember
> > once, I brought a Rossin in to Tom Kellogg. Although he did the paint
> > work....he thought the build work was, excuse the expression, piss-poor
> > and mass produced.
>
> The majority of Italian frames I've seen "naked" -- even top of the line
> ones -- have a great abundance of truly gnarly file marks around all the
> joints, as if a mill bastard were the finest finishing implement they'd
> use. It's amazing what a good paint job can cover!
>
In the case of all too many Italian frames, a good paint job would primarily
be covering a bad one.
Just want to say since Tom Kellogg's name came up that some of us recognize
painters as masters in their own right. It's not all about putting together the
bits.
And as a final thought - some of the bikes I consider the butt-ugliest are
also the mojo-ist. I'd own 'em and ride 'em in a heartbeat. Nothing wrong with
plenty of patina, and there's not much this side of a bed frame that a Brooks
pro can't turn from tragic into hip.
Ed "Art is for Walls" Granger Lancaster, PA, where I do think my newly acquired late-70s Ciocc frame is a work of art - so sue me.