At the risk of offending a purist or two, I am another not terribly fond of the black-ano Arnold pivot bolts either. Rather than replace them, howsabout just sanding off the anodizing with some ~400 grit and then just polishing them on a buffing wheel? Here's a link to a photo of just that:
http://members.atlasf1.com/
I think it looks great.
M-71s with SR Ti spindles?!?! That wouldn't be a simple part swap would it? Very cool bike.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
On 12/4/05, john barron- velostuf <jb@velostuf.com> wrote:
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>
> I flew into Charlotte to look at the drillium Paramount yesterday, and
> buy additional items, and I just got home now.
>
> I ended up buying 2 Paramounts, and a lot of parts. The red Paramount is
> the real deal- VERY nice, but not absolutely "new". It probably has 50
> - 100 miles. The milling is spectacular, and great lengths were taken to
> make this bike light. We weighed it and it tipped the scales at 18lbs
> with pedals and tires! The Cinelli M-71 pedals are fitted with Campy SR
> Ti spindles! Many of the nuts and bolts are alloy, as well as the guts
> of the Cinelli 1A quill stem. The chainrings and the rear der are
> extensively drilled-out, and very attractive. The BB spindle looks to be
> Ti, but I'll have to wait until it arrives via UPS to investigate.
>
> SO, here's my question:
>
> I am not crazy about the looks of, for instance, the black aluminum
> pivot bolts on the drillium NR rear der, and I'm not crazy about the
> idea of, and looks of the Cinelli pedals, (even though they have been
> elegantly modified with Campy ti spindles), etc., etc. I certainly
> agree with most, but not all of the original owner's taste in outfitting
> this bike. The bike presumably didn't come this way from the "factory",
> so you can't say that I'd be messing with it's "originality", or can
> you? As I understand it, the original owner passed away, and it was a
> relative who sold it to the guy who sold it on eBay, and then to me. I
> do not have any additional information about who originally owned this
> bike. Was it a "show" bike? If so, I probably shouldn't start replacing
> black alloy der bolts with original chromed steel ones, right? Maybe I
> can document, (take pictures of) it as I bought it, and then change
> things to suit my taste/liking...
>
> Pics soon
>
> Opinions?
>
> John Barron
> Minneapolis
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