Ok I'll start a bun fight :mrgreen:
PATINA So what is it rust and dust or originality and history ?
You see I don't get it back when I started riding in the early 80s I got to ride with the real "old school", they took you to task over your cycling etiquette the condition of your bike in appearance and roadworthy-ness. You never saw a faded paint job, touched up a bit maybe but not to the extent that it looked like a patch work quilt.
The old boys used to get their bike's repainted once they were past their best they may of had a frame 30plus years and had it sprayed numerous times.
Collectors may go on about a bike being "original" but for me a bike is only original once, as soon as a cable is change or BB, HS hell even the grease the bike has lost its originality, I'd concede that if a bike had not been altered in anyway from its original condition then it is truly original.
I've worked with a few painters over the years wether they be car sprayer, painter and decorator or spraying steel work but all have said the same thing
" there is nothing worse than tired paint work" . Dirty tired rusty frames don't do it for me but I can't understand why you would want to show off an old bike that looks scruffy ?. I look at a bike and it's been restored I like that I appreciate that, I look at a bike with rust spots worn paint and think why is it left in such a sorry state ?
Is not the history in something not just in its originality but more importantly that it has lasted it may have had replacement parts but it's essence has survived, I would guess that any major piece of art work has had restoration. Any part on a bicycle can be replaced and is therefore a consumable in the sense it has been used and consumed, to keep the bicycle going the part is replaced. So when paint work has been used and consumed why not replace it.
For myself a bicycle is a special piece of kit and it should always look its best regardless of how old it is.
So go on whats Patina all about ?
PATINA So what is it rust and dust or originality and history ?
You see I don't get it back when I started riding in the early 80s I got to ride with the real "old school", they took you to task over your cycling etiquette the condition of your bike in appearance and roadworthy-ness. You never saw a faded paint job, touched up a bit maybe but not to the extent that it looked like a patch work quilt.
The old boys used to get their bike's repainted once they were past their best they may of had a frame 30plus years and had it sprayed numerous times.
Collectors may go on about a bike being "original" but for me a bike is only original once, as soon as a cable is change or BB, HS hell even the grease the bike has lost its originality, I'd concede that if a bike had not been altered in anyway from its original condition then it is truly original.
I've worked with a few painters over the years wether they be car sprayer, painter and decorator or spraying steel work but all have said the same thing
" there is nothing worse than tired paint work" . Dirty tired rusty frames don't do it for me but I can't understand why you would want to show off an old bike that looks scruffy ?. I look at a bike and it's been restored I like that I appreciate that, I look at a bike with rust spots worn paint and think why is it left in such a sorry state ?
Is not the history in something not just in its originality but more importantly that it has lasted it may have had replacement parts but it's essence has survived, I would guess that any major piece of art work has had restoration. Any part on a bicycle can be replaced and is therefore a consumable in the sense it has been used and consumed, to keep the bicycle going the part is replaced. So when paint work has been used and consumed why not replace it.
For myself a bicycle is a special piece of kit and it should always look its best regardless of how old it is.
So go on whats Patina all about ?
