I've got one of those early clearcoated bomadils. Like Joe the spider rust doesn't bother me. I did trade a few emails with RBW re the clearcoat "issue". My takeaway was that it's really a powdercoat "issue", but with colored powdercoat you cant see whats going on. Mine isn't as clean as the one here. I've got what I think is leftover brazing flux and other telltale "features" clearly visible under the topcoat. Someday I might have it bead blasted, get all the minor leftovers cleaned up, and go for the full fancy wet paint Joe Bell treatment, but for now I'm loving the combination of fancy lug work and slightly brutish industrial utilitarian vibe. I feel it's a unique frame with some nice character. The one here looks very cool too. I am confused about the size though. Stated stand over sounds like a 52 but it looked like they gave a bigger number for the st length.
On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 1:29:45 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Yes it's one of the raw finish frames Riv did for a bit before customers > freaked out over the rust forming under the clearcoat. I'm not a > freaker-outer, I dig it! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/69b7154c-73e7-489d-a6dd-5d105518f5f9o%40googlegroups.com.
