Jeff, That silver paint is oh so EASY to get off. Why not chip around a bit in the afternoon everyday for a week and see where you get? Weigle worked on something like that a couple a times and the results were fantastic!
John Pergolizzi Torino, Italy All for saving originality. After all, you paid a premium for what came out of the factory, why not at least see it first?
On Feb 4, 2011, at 4:26 AM, Jeff Pyzyk wrote:
>
> Yes,
> I am the idiot who paid, more than triple, what the frameset is
> actually worth. I tried to get it on a "buy it now" basis for $500,
> but alas, the Polish seller became acutely aware of exactly what he
> had under that cruddy silver paint job once he examined Stefan's
> Leggerissimo that was also for sale on E-bay at exactly the same time:
> http://www.speedbicycles.ch/
> Who would guess, with maybe 50 or fewer of these in the world, that
> two would be for sale at the same time? (I just made up that
> statistic, I have no idea how many are in existence in the world).
> All I know is that they are cool, and I want one, and the bike
> Stefan was selling is too small for me. I have the Nuovo Record
> group to build up the frame, and the paint job and decals shouldn't
> be more than $500. So, maybe I will come out O.K.
> Anyone with a $400 Cinelli SC frame they want to sell, please
> contact me off list.
> Jeff PyzykMilwaukee, WI