I bought my Atlantis because it's a touring bike. I'd already done enough traveling to know it wasn't going to be possible to keep it pristine. Between packing & re-assembling, AMTRAK, FedEx, airlines, etc., a travel bike will get scratched (at the very least). The Atlantis color is pretty good at not showing scratches, & I've got plenty (the annual "touch-up task" is due). It just comes with using a bike for it's intended purpose.
dougP On Nov 16, 1:00 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know where my Quickbeam has marks, and how I put them there. Same > for the Bontrager. The painful ones are the ones that happened in the > garage because I was careless, not the chips and dings of use. I care, > but the idea of bagging my bikes in UV plastic so they're collector's > items... makes me itch. I already PAID my money, now let me enjoy it! > In 40 years, I can sandblast both bikes and paint them black. > I relate it to comic books, since I think they're a fantastic art form > (with about the same gold to dross ratio as movies, thank you very > much). I've saved comic books I love, but I've never "collected." I > would rather have the experience of reading or riding for 40 years > than the money I could sell the unread or unridden for later. > > Philip > > On Nov 13, 10:53 pm, Bob <linthi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Someday I will own one of the lovely-lugged bicycles that are the > > subject of this group. As I've mentioned, the thing that keeps me > > aspiring is the thought of doing this to such a nice bike: > > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170728473966#ht_... > > > This is what my bicycles look like after moderate use. > > > Cheers, > > Bob- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
