Unless an 800lb gorilla was previous owner, that's concerning, for sure. If it's a result of tube bending, I would think evidence may exist elsewhere; as tube bending likely would also occur at junction of DT/BB shell, DT, and/or junction of DT/HT.I'm curious as to source of paint being ground off, too. Some relation to cracks?! Do tell:) Scott
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 9:34 AM, Brian Turner<brokeb...@gmail.com> wrote: Wow. That is interesting. Maybe a bit concerning?? So, did you grind the paint off in those sections just to see the extent of it, or are you planning to try to repair the paint job? On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 5:38:03 AM UTC-4 iamkeith wrote: That's what you get for catching big air too many times! Perhaps the real flaw of step-through designs is that the generous standover height (read: low-consequence crotch clearance) encouages aggressive rididing or attempting of tricks. In seriousness, it's oo bad you don't/can't know the real history because anything else we offer would be speculation. Still... knowing myself, that WAS something I intuitively worried about when i opted for the high-bar (clem) version. I didn't/don't have the same concern with the gus/susie hillibikes. On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 6:54:08 PM UTC-6 Mike Godwin wrote: Dramatic for sure! Mike SLO CA On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 3:15:37 PM UTC-7 Mackenzy Albright wrote: I recently acquired this orange Clementine. We all know early generations paint are negotiable. However, I find the crack patterns quite interesting. Obviously, given the cracking location and direction leads me to believe that this puppy planes! Move over kasai tubing. *note. hint of satire here. but also am curious about the flex quality of step through frames. I've found them to feel as spritely as anything. -- 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/bbdb176d-6876-4f21-ae8d-2abfb92599e6n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/1026888234.207374.1661528714216%40mail.yahoo.com.
