Welcome Manny! From the other new Riv owner with the Ti road bike! I'm not retired yet, but I'm a little over a year away from that. Regarding painting the fork, I'm betting that it will be expensive to do it through an auto paint shop, although it may still be your best bet. A couple of thoughts: Check out and contact Airglow painting in Georgia. He painted my Ti frame and did a great job. He should be able to match the color, but I don't know what he will charge. I think he's reasonable for the high quality of work that he does. He certainly doesn't charge Joe Bell prices! In the alternative, you could go for a close match to the cream (it wouldn't matter as much if wasn't exact). that might give your bike a distinctive look. If you are handy, you could even try to do that yourself with automotive spray touch-up paint. If you weren't happy with the results, consider it a temporary measure. I personally wouldn't do any chrome on the fork, as I doubt that there's any on the frame, right? I'll also be the first to ask you to post pics; frame, bare fork and all. Enjoy your new bike!
Steve On Apr 18, 8:02 pm, Manny <man....@cox.net> wrote: > Hello All, > > My name is Manny, lurked here awhile, joined this Google group, now > officially an RBW owner. Sorry, long-ish post cause I'm X-cited....! > > The good news. Thanks to an earlier post by a member searching for a > Rambouillet (in a much larger size than mine) and the reply/suggestion > from another member, I found a NOS blue w/cream highlights - > Rambouillet 54 cm frame set. Came in the brown truck last Friday, > 16AP2011. WOW, it's Rivendelicious! > > The bad news? The fork is unpainted, long story. So, need to see if I > can have it painted to match, long shot, maybe. The guys at Riv. > suggest I have a local automotive painter tackle the challenge. I do > know a Father & Son that have a custom Hotrod paint shop, they're very > good; will have to see what they think our chances of a paint match > are. OR, what do you all think, chrome the fork? Paint over chrome and > leave the crown and tips in chrome? Is this a dilema or an > opportunity? My personal choice would be to have it as close to > original as possible. > > Co-incidentally, I also have a fast-ish - though I'm not -Ti road > bike, like another recent new member's post. I'm not planning to > retire mine, athough I'm retired. That gives me lots of time to ride > though mine are not as interesting as some of the rides you share with > us all. > > Promise to post photos once all this gets sorted out and I build up > the bike. > > Cheers, > Manny in Mesa -- 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.
