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Jeff
>From: Raymond Dobbins <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>
>To: JEFFERY Pyzyk <appraisalresourcegroup@msn.com>,
>classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: FW: Re: [CR]To Restore or Not to Restore
>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:01:39 -0800 (PST)
>
>Slightly better link:
>
> http://www.raydobbins.com/
>
> Ray Dobbins
> Miami FL USA
>
>
>
>JEFFERY Pyzyk <appraisalresourcegroup@msn.com> wrote:
>
>Thanks for uploading the photos Ray. Here is the link to the ratty late
>60's early 70's SC frame, my restored approximately 1967 SC for comparison
>purposes, and my Falerio Masi (just for fun).
>
>www.raydobbins.com/misc/Jeffs_Cinelli/Jeffs_Cinelli.htm
>
>
>Jeff Pyzyk
>Milwaukee, WI
>
>
> >From: Raymond Dobbins
> >To: JEFFERY Pyzyk ,
> >classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: Re: [CR]To Restore or Not to Restore
> >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:56:22 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Hi Jeff,
> >
> > There are ratty bikes, and there are ratty bikes with appeal. Why don't
> >you link us to a couple of pics of your Cinelli so we can give you our
> >specific opinions about your bike, rather than just our general opinions
>on
> >the subject of whether to restore or not. It'll be more fun for us and
> >more useful to you - a win-win situation!
> >
> > Go ahead, get the camera, we'll wait :)
> >
> > Ray Dobbins
> > Miami Fla USA
> >
> >JEFFERY Pyzyk wrote:
> > This topic has probably been hashed around on the list more than Blond
> >Lebanese in Madison during the late '60's. However, given some of the
> >recent E-bay prices for unrestored "rats", I think the topic can safely
>be
> >revisited.
> >
> >I've got a late 60's/early 70's Cinelli SC with original decals and
>what's
> >left of the original silver paint. It is an early drilled lug frame with
> >the old-style long campy dropouts, and also still has the fender eyelets.
> >It is ratty as hell. "Patina" is not a word that comes to mind. The paint
> >is
> >worn through all over the place with some pitting of chrome in the usual
> >areas under the lugs. Looking at it, you would say that it obviously
>needs
> >to be stripped, re-chromed, and re-painted.
> >
> >However, it is authentic! Decals and color bands, lettering, and the
> >Columbus SL decals are honest and original.
> >
> >After seeing what one old battle worn Cinelli recently sold for on E-bay,
>I
> >have some doubts that a restored bike would be any more valuable than a
> >ratty original one. Like most of you, I'm in this for love and not for
> >money, so the decision is not really based on economics.
> >
> >My personal preference is for my bikes to look as near to new as
>possible.
> >It's probably from some Freudian anal retentive stage I never got through
> >or
> >something, I don't know. However, in this case, I have some trepidation
> >about restoration.
> >
> >Jeff Pyzyk
> >Milwaukee, WI
> >
> >
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