Jason McRoy's Salsa ala carte

As a final little note for today, i also found a small ding in the downtube beside the bottom bracket. It is under the current paint which shows no sign of damage therefore i conlude that this was done by the great man himself. My feelings are that the ding should not be repaired- it is part of the bikes story. It would be easy enough to fill it with a little silver. How does the collective feel about it? Leave be or repair?

left along methinks

If there's no structural reason to fix the dink, let it live - but get pictures of it before stripping to keep the historical link.

leave it,if its part of the history

your doing a sterling job,watching with uber amounts of interest

si ,why powder coat rather than wet paint ?
future longevity ?
was it painted origonaly or powdered

Original finish was white powder, followed by handpainted Jelly Beans before clear laquer. Thats they way we will be going on the resto. I like powders toughness. Wet paint on top gives a geat shine too so you get best of both.

I recon leave the dink, all adds to the history.

Looking good Si.

What about these cranks.

Any one know where i could get them re-anodized.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 500wt_1156

Another predictable vote for leaving the dink

Absolutely loving the commentary too, thanks Si, sterling job!

Am loving this thread. Great work guys!

Another vote for leaving the ding as is...