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so, some of you will remember from the other day this thread:-
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=
well it has arrived, i'm sort of pleased :?
basically in the pics on ebay i couldn't see the toptube properly, i should have asked for a couple of extra pics but i didn't :roll: if i had i would have seen that the toptube has a decal cock up on it!! :roll: it says " aluminiumio" not "aluminium O", i can't believe that cock up, that bob jackson would have done it? my guess is the customer got it wrong and asked them to do it when resprayed, i sure BJ's would know better . . . i hope. it's one of their painted stickers if that makes sense so can not be removed.
also the canti bridge has been very neatly removed on the seat stays (which i was happy about) but so have both cable stops for the rear brake on the top tube which means that any cable will now have to zip tied or clamped somehow :roll: also it's a high sheen finish meaning it's a "wet" paint job which tend to be fragile, it's had a few chips, some quite large that have been touched in. my other ali O done by BJ has a lot tougher finish and has survived un chipped for nearly 2 years now so it shows how colour choice and paint type are very important even if your using the same painter.
i could have lived with the chips and the removel of the brake bosses but the incorrect decal on the toptube is totally unforgivable!! :shock: :x
so after sitting and looking at it i have decided i'll get it painted, a cheapish job, meaning a powder coat job then i'll get some good decals done more than likely by Sir Gil of M i will go for black though as this will be easy fast and cheap to do and the local guys will also strip the old paint off. then i'll build it sensible
here's a couple of pics
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=
well it has arrived, i'm sort of pleased :?
basically in the pics on ebay i couldn't see the toptube properly, i should have asked for a couple of extra pics but i didn't :roll: if i had i would have seen that the toptube has a decal cock up on it!! :roll: it says " aluminiumio" not "aluminium O", i can't believe that cock up, that bob jackson would have done it? my guess is the customer got it wrong and asked them to do it when resprayed, i sure BJ's would know better . . . i hope. it's one of their painted stickers if that makes sense so can not be removed. also the canti bridge has been very neatly removed on the seat stays (which i was happy about) but so have both cable stops for the rear brake on the top tube which means that any cable will now have to zip tied or clamped somehow :roll: also it's a high sheen finish meaning it's a "wet" paint job which tend to be fragile, it's had a few chips, some quite large that have been touched in. my other ali O done by BJ has a lot tougher finish and has survived un chipped for nearly 2 years now so it shows how colour choice and paint type are very important even if your using the same painter.
i could have lived with the chips and the removel of the brake bosses but the incorrect decal on the toptube is totally unforgivable!! :shock: :x
so after sitting and looking at it i have decided i'll get it painted, a cheapish job, meaning a powder coat job then i'll get some good decals done more than likely by Sir Gil of M
i will go for black though as this will be easy fast and cheap to do and the local guys will also strip the old paint off. then i'll build it sensible here's a couple of pics
