1997 Kilauea frame size 19

[cce]

what this frame likely to sell for? should the cost of a respray be taken into account?

Only if you don't like the colours would be my guess. It ought to sell for c£100 and the paint looks well above average to me, but the one photo of the drive side seat stay might put off some people. The seller is missing a trick by not explaining it better.

Based on my own experience, I would say it is probably just bare metal, but to someone who hasn't owned a 97 Kilauea it could look quite dire. The 97 Kilauea is the only bike I've ever had where stone chips just don't go brown. Mine is a warrior that will never be sold so I never bother to repair chips and some that are many years old the metal is still the same dark grey colour - my guess is that that is the case with this bike's seat stay.

interesting, because my 1996 kilauea, made from the same pipes, has brown chips on it.... my 1996 lava dome seemed immune however

 

[Anthony]

Only if you don't like the colours would be my guess. It ought to sell for c£100 and the paint looks well above average to me, but the one photo of the drive side seat stay might put off some people. The seller is missing a trick by not explaining it better.
Based on my own experience, I would say it is probably just bare metal, but to someone who hasn't owned a 97 Kilauea it could look quite dire. The 97 Kilauea is the only bike I've ever had where stone chips just don't go brown. Mine is a warrior that will never be sold so I never bother to repair chips and some that are many years old the metal is still the same dark grey colour - my guess is that that is the case with this bike's seat stay.

interesting, because my 1996 kilauea, made from the same pipes, has brown chips on it.... my 1996 lava dome seemed immune however

Have you got brown chips on the main tubes or just on the stays though Keir? The main tubes on the 96 Kilauea are the same as on the 97, but I don't think the stays are the same.

 

[cce]

main tubes and stays.