Good painter story

[zmudshark]

I sold a frame to a forum member that turned out to have poor brazing in the BB area. I took the frame back and sent it off to Matt Assenmacher for r/r.

The frame was Mica White. I bought it to replace an identical one that was stolen years ago. I found that I did not enjoy riding it because it brought back memories of the theft.

I asked Matt to change it up a bit.

I told him I would like it by May, and never bugged him about the progress.

He sent me a few quick pictures of it today. Here is one. I think he nailed it.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uIMtYETBg4DAJzUpUCWGKN_Wo_4fctTLEL5IdCqB-p04FXzuIAyaZ0WObLPA42wNG9cAboTgq3jQBs82uE_cs6ubSY3 qistRoNFt0w=w1920-h1080-no

[cadence90]

Good story, beautiful frame, very nice CD organization!

After all the recent "bad painter, bad painter!" stories, it is refreshing to read this.

[unterhausen]

sad thing is, there are tons of good painter stories, or we would need another forum for the bad painter forum stories

[AJosiahK]

Most excellent !

[Tickdoc]

Too cool. Is it the lighting or is that an iridescent purple? Either way that thing is primo. Looking forward to some build pics and congrats.

[zmudshark]

Too cool. Is it the lighting or is that an iridescent purple? Either way that thing is primo. Looking forward to some build pics and congrats.The frame/fork is 1500 miles from me at the moment. I will not see it in person until late May. I am told it's a bit iridescent/metallic.

I am also looking forward to some build pictures.;)

[gomango]

Gorgeous.

Build when ready.

It'll be a fun vicarious thrill. :)

[parris]

That's a wonderful color. It reminds me of a friends SanRensho from the mid 80's that I always liked.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Nice.

I dropped by my LBS late last week to drop off a Christmas gift. The owner was working on a restoration for a customer and part of that job included a repaint that had just been returned from Assenmacher. Fast turnaround; customer provided the decals.

[zmudshark]

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[54ny77]

That Schwinn paint job on the stripes/detail looks like crap.

[cadence90]

That Schwinn paint job on the stripes/detail looks like crap.

That's an understatement! Jeezus, these painters.... Who the heck IS good, dependable, and yet doesn't cost a JB arm/leg? :confused:

Those fingerprints may be on the frame, just from handling, and would clean off, but that "line-work" is 100% appalling.
I honestly did better as a 14-year old, with a cheap brush and some model paint....

[zmudshark]

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[cadence90]

Come on, z. At least from the photo, your De Rosa looks 1000x better than that Schwinn. Don't despair.

[54ny77]

That Schwinn job is what you call a 20 footer. Great from a distance. Buddy of mine is rabid collector of vintage bikes like that, those things go for big bucks! Who knew....

[ColonelJLloyd]

I would like to thank @ColonelJLloyd for being a thread crapper.:crap:

Yeah. That was totally not my intent. I only posted because I thought the timing coincidence was note worthy. That and I thought the turnaround time was quite remarkable. I don't know exactly what it was, but it was around 2 months. Compared to the horror stories we hear about I think that's a big one in the plus column.

[paredown]

I like purple:)--first bike was a coupla shades darker, but similar metallic undertone.

Prolly nearly fast as a red bike, me thinks.