[CR]paramount track frame on ebay...

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:21:13 -0700
From: "Jay Sexton" <jvs@sonic.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: [CR]paramount track frame on ebay...

Charles,

I'll agree with you on the price, and the paint IS on the thick side, but my mom always told me that a fool and his money are soon parted. I'm living proof. Obviously someone had to have it, and I hope it brings them joy.

I don't know if anyone has brought this up, but bobbiker, the seller, is Bob Freeman, a list member, and he has done some excellent resto work on a Masi or two. I wonder what happened to the paint on this track bike?

Jay Sexton

On Jul 25, 2006, at 12:38 PM, c. andrews wrote:
>> I suppose this just files under the heading of "I don't get it.."
>>
>> How is it that a very poorly repainted Schwinn track frame with nervex
>
>
>> lugs commands that kind of price?
>>
>> That has to be among the most unattractive paint-jobs I've ever
>> encountered. Nothing like the beautiful, thin paint the original
>> would have had. You can barely discern the outline of the seat-lug!
>>
>> I could see a fully original-finish frame of this kind going for over
>> a grand (not over 2, though)..but over 2K for this?
>>
>> I don't get it. Must be a Schwinn thing.
>>
>> 140007428468 For those who are still learning this
>> stuff...I was once, not long ago, still am too... this is a textbook
>> case of how *not* to repaint a vintage frame.
>>
>> Charles "doesn't get it" Andrews