Well I found a pic of the serial number and I’ll PM it to you. Build date was Oct 2008, same as yours. I’m almost certain the original paint on mine was not done by Joe Bell. It was not very durable and was peeling on the fork and kickstand mount. The original owner said he probably should have sent it back for a repaint, but he didn’t custom order it. He bought it as a web special from RBW (maybe ours was your reject LOL). Also, I believe Joe Bell usually initials the chainstay. It says on the RBW site that they usually only use JB on their custom frame builds but you can pay $1300 extra and wait several months to have him do it. I think they use Rick at D&D cycles for most custom paint or repainted as also he does good work and is considerably cheaper. I talked to and sent pics to Rick and he said he didn’t paint it because he was not necessarily fond of the color scheme, but he did have gold decals and was recommended by Riv so I was going to have him do the repaint before I decided to sell it (which I now regret!). I also sent pics to Waterford and they didn’t paint it either. They are also by recommended by RBW for repaints but charge $850 and didn’t have gold decals. Kevin at RBW talk to several staff and no one remembered who painted it and they did not have any of gold decals on hand.
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