Just back from Cirque '06....
After spending an entire day drooling over Edward Albert's late-'40s Wilier La Triestina, I am quite certain it is finished in some form of actual copper plating. Histories of the company refer to a "special process"... something that minimizes patina over time. Edwards bike has some transparent copper paint touch-up work in high-wear-and-scratches areas (right chainstay, bb shell, etc.), but the main finish is clearly copper plating of some sort. Very deep, very red, very brown. Very, very distinctive.
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
>I just picked up a 90s lugged KOF Wilier. Were the Copper colored Wilier
>frames actually copper plated? See CR link:
>http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/wilier_main.htm
>
> Good luck copper plating carbon fiber!
> Scott Davis jetlagged in St. Paul MN USA
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