I admire your moral fiber for happily riding your bike without fretting about the paint. I do have a 22-year-old Rivendell, but I've babied it, and only used it very occasionally for errands or commuting (it's the 1999 Joe Starck custom). It had a few minor scuffs, but the Joe Bell paint was largely intact when I had it slightly modified and powdercoated (*nice* powdercoat) in 2018. It does sport a wee dent in the right chainstay where another eejit cyclist, playing paceline with me last year, slammed into me from behind -- bent the wheel but left the frame *almost* unscathed.
OTOH, I did commute on another Riv custom with Joe Bell paint for many years, including carriage on bus bike racks -- more but again minor scuffs and scrapes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgvOd%3D2b-fbHUXpcRCAuPd0WnnAX3zQ_PK51dBSsn%3DKhrg%40mail.gmail.com.
