Nabeaquam
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Patina. Show some!
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Ingola
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If you know how to properly seal and protect the patina it's not a problem I have bikes over 100 years old that are not decaying. Just takes a little research and elbow grease.
Nabeaquam
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I went to the walk in beauty parlor franchise for a 5 minute haircut yesterday. “You’ll have to speak up, I took out my hearing aids so you wouldn’t cut them”. “What? Yell, my wife says I’m legally deaf”. “What kind of haircut do you want?” “Regular.” “Can you elaborate, be more specific.” “Make me look like a banker or lawyer.” “I can do that.” Bullshit, she gave me a buzz cut. Serves me right for being a crotchety old bastard. My wife laughs ever time she sees me. What the hell woman, you bitched at me for two months to get a haircut, I thought I was doing you a favor, I can’t see me so I’m indifferent about getting a haircut. Anyway, I told her it won’t be so funny in two more weeks.
MattiThundrrr
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I do the buzz cut every time. It's not a hairstyle, it's the default setting
Nabeaquam
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When I was 4 my father, who was a baker, took me to Monkey Wards so I could visit Santa. I got on Santa’s lap and he asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I asked for a pop gun. Santa said “what do you want a pop gun for, to shoot holes in your old man’s doughnuts?” My dad almost fell over laughing. That ruined it for me, I was no longer questioning Santa’s legitimacy, I knew he was bogus. How the hell do I remember such trivia? Must be a part of why Christmas is just so much jinglefuck to me.
highlandsflyer
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Post in thread 'Wheel building jig'
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/wheel-building-jig.439508/post-3205742
That is patina!
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/wheel-building-jig.439508/post-3205742
That is patina!
Scott-S
Kona Fan
Despite my previous comment in that thread, I must agree that is 100% patina
highlandsflyer
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My initial submission is a working bike, as it looks having worked damn hard. The shabby appearance has served well as a deterrent to theft. The paint only gave up the ghost after goodness knows how many iterations of freeze/thaw, with huge amounts of flexing and overloading. The area of damage is most concentrated where it flexes 'compliantly'; the top of the seat tube and stays.
Well earned rest for it now; in the dry and warm so I have been able to peck away a bit to confirm the 'patina' is superficial at its worst. The chain stays and bottom bracket 'shell' are the areas I was most excited to inspect properly. Definitely due some paint, all over. Not worth a huge amount, if anything, but it is a bike that fits a wide range of riders so has earned its place.
I would liken it to a little grey fergie. It just keeps going. At some point you bring it into the shed and give it the once over, properly, then kick it straight back out to earn its keep until the next time.
Well earned rest for it now; in the dry and warm so I have been able to peck away a bit to confirm the 'patina' is superficial at its worst. The chain stays and bottom bracket 'shell' are the areas I was most excited to inspect properly. Definitely due some paint, all over. Not worth a huge amount, if anything, but it is a bike that fits a wide range of riders so has earned its place.
I would liken it to a little grey fergie. It just keeps going. At some point you bring it into the shed and give it the once over, properly, then kick it straight back out to earn its keep until the next time.
Scott-S
Kona Fan
See that I understand, it's the caretakers before you who neglected it and forced you into preservation mode rather than constant enjoyment mode.
Im hoping that came across the way I intended it to,, its those people who I have disdain for rather than those who now have tougher choices forced on them.
