Oof delimma

[Cicli]

Leave it.

[pdmtong]

^ listen to john

who spends money to pretty up a bad weather rain bike? whatever you were planing to spend on paint, put that money elsewhere and leave it alone.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by Tickdoc

Decided to have it redone, found a painter and agreed on a price and I have a couple of color schemes in mind.

Problem is I can't bring myself to tear it down and send it off. This is the perfect time of year to do it, but I keep stalling.

That's because you don't really want to do it.

You have an amazing resto with your Ciocc. Leave the CT1 as it is, since it looks perfectly fine for what it is, and put the money towards something else. The value just isn't there on this bicycle imo.
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[Tickdoc]

Originally Posted by cadence90

That's because you don't really want to do it.

You have an amazing resto with your Ciocc. Leave the CT1 as it is, since it looks perfectly fine for what it is, and put the money towards something else. The value just isn't there on this bicycle imo.
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Sage advice as always and thank you all for the wisdom.

So now I can put the money on resto into something else.

Honey, I’m buying a new bike!

[rustychisel]

Another vote for leave.

Unless there is a compelling reason to have a full resto done; like BB threads need recutting or anything else vaguely structural.

[beeatnik]

TD, I face the same dilemma with my beater. It's a 92 Master Piu in Belgian livery. It has what I call Colnago Paradox paint, so deep and glossy and yet thin and superficial. On some areas it's flaked off and in other areas it just seems to fade/rub away. Anyhoo, I keep waiting for it to look really beat so I can send it off to Joe Bell to have it done up in either PR99 or Saronni red; a NOS 10s Chorus gruppo has been in the parts bin waiting for 3 years. But, I think the frame doesn't want to be repainted because if I'm not in OCD-mode looking for blemishes, the paint just seems right. It's a holistic thing.

Actually, the most compelling reason for a repaint is to prevent myself from buying a newer Master.

[cadence90]

Originally Posted by beeatnik

TD, I face the same dilemma with my beater. It's a 92 Master Piu in Belgian livery.

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That is a gorgeous bicycle.
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[Drmojo]

we should all have such kick ass bad weather
bikes!
Leave as is.
Enjoy.