I forgot to add that the Ford Blue powdercoat on my 1999 gofast is far, far prettier than the rose on Leah's Platypus. Oh my, by far!
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 1:57 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > My color-of-first-choice is not a Riv-offered color, but it is the color > of my last remaining (out of 5) Rivendells: Ford Blue, no damned cream > accents. I had a nice powdercoat done to the 1999 (about which you've heard > far more than you want to hear) after C Matthews's alterations, to replace > the original Top Drawer metallic Navy with Cream Joe Bell job. Me, for > blue, there's no blue like Ford Blue, and the duller finish compared to the > sparkly Navy + clearcoat actually, IMO, makes the shade look even better. > The powdercoater IIRC was a local who has done much good bicycle finishing; > recall the "liquid" effect of the pale blue powdercoat of the 1958 Herse; > the shade came close to the original but faded Herse blue but looked, IMO, > better by far. > > But, shoot, C Matthews's last powdercoat vendor is not nearly as good as > the earlier one; the otherwise very pretty sage green powdercoat (I vote > this Color #2) on the 2020 AM-hub road bike is lumpy in places. > > I'll spare you another photo. > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/CALuTfgu%3DP70omfgrjiY0kJUq8kd6rhEU3C6jDNtgAeo%3D2dGgKQ%40mail.gmail.com.
