Thank you. Now I feel a little more sane. I don't think I was expecting the bike to be utterly flawless, but for nearly $4000 there sure are a lot of little flaws.
Rides like a dream though. And it's very hard to spot those little flaws while I'm riding. So, there's that. ;-) On Nov 5, 10:40 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wouldn't be happy with that paint detailing. The paint was better on my > $650 Bleriot (best detail pic I > have)<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/335429650/sizes/o/>. > > This is a $2000 frame with a $300 up-charge for custom color. > > DE > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > You have a beautiful bike but it just shows we've all got different > > standards. I honestly don't think I've ever even looked at my bikes > > paint that closely...with my rapidly advancing far-sightedness I don't > > know if I could even see it! However, even I can spot the shoddy lug > > painting my 72 PX-10. I think they brought in chimps in to paint > > those things...adds character!!! > > > On Nov 5, 8:26 pm, "William F. House" <williamfho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Also, note that in the first photo linked that just to the upper right > > > of the uppermost lug curly-cue above the headbadge there's a line of > > > green just hanging out right on the cream white. It appears no attempt > > > to clean that up was made. I'd say that's the worst of the errors. Two > > > people that have seen the bike tried to brush it off thinking it was a > > > piece of lint or string and commented "oh, that's paint." > > > > Here's the picture in question again: > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/lushmojo/4079738322/sizes/o/ > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
