On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 09:45 -0700, Phil Brown wrote: > > > On Aug 28, 2:46 pm, Bill Connell <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > The best option is > > probably to get an unpainted frame and have a local framebuilder swap > > out the mounts for you.-- > > Bill Connell > > St. Paul, MN > > Sorry, no frame builder in his right mind will sell you an unpainted > frame. 95% of what people think a "good bike" is, is paint. Bad > paint, bad bike. > I'm shocked that Riv sells the clear powder coated bikes. Big chance > of a bad paint job. > Phil Brown
Well, but when I bought my Saluki it came from Toyo unpainted. Riv sent it to the paint shop, but before that they had somebody move the rack mounts from their standard location (set for Mark's Rack) to the location preferred for the Berthoud front rack. So in some manner, it's possible. As for the shock value of unpainted frames, David Kirk routinely sends photos of finished but unpainted frames to customers, and Johnny Coast sent photos of my unpainted VO Randonneur frame to Chris for posting on the VO blog. I've even seen photos that frame builders sent to customers of the frame in the processing of being brazed, with the flux still on the joints. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
