Ritchey P-23

What to do

  • Leave completely original

    Votes: 36 85.7%
  • Leave paint and fit new decals

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • Restore with new grey paint and replace decals

    Votes: 4 9.5%

  • Total voters
    42

ratcapa

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Had this frame for a while now, not as long as some before I got round to doing anything but I have a dilemma. And it's a big one for me as

1 I'm not all that into red bikes despite how good some look
2 I really want this to be more unique, dark grey ideally as that's the vision
3 it's original and not in too bad nick tbf

So what do I do?

Before you answer and jump down my throat, this is as good as it gets as polished 4 times now, the decals are all lifting in places and are very yolellowed on one side and head tube. These pics probably don't show how bad they are as it looks pretty good. But hey, and the rest of it is light scratches and missing paint but no dings.
The last thing to consider is I have a Complete black set up mostly NOS awaiting this frame and forks.

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Leave the paint, full WCS build, and a JP Morgen stem to complete the build...oh no, that's just me.

Build it however you fancy, it's the beauty of our hobby...

al.
 
Yeah unfortunately wcs items are very rare and expensive but I'll try my best with the rest of it 😀
 
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Have just voted to keep it 100% original. Patina is (im)perfection to me!

I suspect the majority on here may agree with me, however it is yours so you're free to do with it what you wish. Just promise me one thing: Ride it and enjoy it, whatever you do with it! 💪:cool:
 
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