I must say I think it would be criminal to change the paint - and not just because of its historic nature, but also because it looks fantastic anyway. And much better done than the Fat Chance that John pictured IMO.
With all due respect to the expertise of the person you quoted, I find it very hard to believe that they would use plain-gauge tubing for such a frame. Why save a few dollars on using a sub-standard tubeset when you're going to hand-build the frame and treat it to a custom paint job? And whether it was a team frame or for limited edition sale to customers, either way a plain-gauge tubeset wouldn't fit the purpose. I guess the definite answer will come when you can weigh the frame.
Incidentally, I thought when HarryBurgundy had an early IF, it was established that his frame shared geometry and other features with the Wicked Lite, rather than with the Yo Eddy.
With all due respect to the expertise of the person you quoted, I find it very hard to believe that they would use plain-gauge tubing for such a frame. Why save a few dollars on using a sub-standard tubeset when you're going to hand-build the frame and treat it to a custom paint job? And whether it was a team frame or for limited edition sale to customers, either way a plain-gauge tubeset wouldn't fit the purpose. I guess the definite answer will come when you can weigh the frame.
Incidentally, I thought when HarryBurgundy had an early IF, it was established that his frame shared geometry and other features with the Wicked Lite, rather than with the Yo Eddy.
