In a message dated 11/28/04 10:16:33 AM Pacific Standard Time,
classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
> 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.
>
> Nick Zatezalo
>
Ah, would that everyone took care of their handbuilts in the old days the way
our little club does now. I see a lot of them that are pretty worthless as
is but I can bring them back. Much preferable to letting them rust away, don't
you think? I just came upon several of this category, including a rusty
Girardengo, a badly scratched Frejus, and a couple of well-worn Godios, one
not-so-tastefully rattle-canned with all parts still on it. Better to rechrome and
repaint and bring them back to their glory days than to see them messengered
to death.
Bob Freeman with projects to last me the rest of my life in Seattle, WA