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Quote from: senzo milano on March 12, 2015, 09:07 PMQuote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:04 PMPay more for a good chrome one. Don't buy a recoated one unless you really know the seller, I would apply this logic to any frame but GTs especially. Why is that They are prone to the seat tube rusting from the inside out because there is no hole in the bottom bracket to allow water to drain or the seat tube to breath.As one of if not the best race frame they often took a shocking beating and the drops are often splayed and badly repaired under new paint or powder.
Quote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:04 PMPay more for a good chrome one. Don't buy a recoated one unless you really know the seller, I would apply this logic to any frame but GTs especially. Why is that
Pay more for a good chrome one. Don't buy a recoated one unless you really know the seller, I would apply this logic to any frame but GTs especially.
Quote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:41 PMQuote from: senzo milano on March 12, 2015, 09:07 PMQuote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:04 PMPay more for a good chrome one. Don't buy a recoated one unless you really know the seller, I would apply this logic to any frame but GTs especially. Why is that They are prone to the seat tube rusting from the inside out because there is no hole in the bottom bracket to allow water to drain or the seat tube to breath.As one of if not the best race frame they often took a shocking beating and the drops are often splayed and badly repaired under new paint or powder.So these are populair , but not the best quality
Quote from: senzo milano on March 12, 2015, 09:47 PMQuote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:41 PMQuote from: senzo milano on March 12, 2015, 09:07 PMQuote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:04 PMPay more for a good chrome one. Don't buy a recoated one unless you really know the seller, I would apply this logic to any frame but GTs especially. Why is that They are prone to the seat tube rusting from the inside out because there is no hole in the bottom bracket to allow water to drain or the seat tube to breath.As one of if not the best race frame they often took a shocking beating and the drops are often splayed and badly repaired under new paint or powder.So these are populair , but not the best quality Excellent quality, great riding frame and could take a hell of a beating but at the end of the day most of these old frames have achilles heels which age exploits, not having a hole at the bottom of the seat tube was a design flaw IMO.If I was in the market for any frame I wouldn't buy one that has been refinished unless the project was documented with pics, with og chrome it's easier to see if a frame has had a hard life.Popular with iffy quality is Hutch territory.
Quote from: rodriguez on March 13, 2015, 12:26 AMQuote from: senzo milano on March 12, 2015, 09:47 PMQuote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:41 PMQuote from: senzo milano on March 12, 2015, 09:07 PMQuote from: rodriguez on March 12, 2015, 09:04 PMPay more for a good chrome one. Don't buy a recoated one unless you really know the seller, I would apply this logic to any frame but GTs especially. Why is that They are prone to the seat tube rusting from the inside out because there is no hole in the bottom bracket to allow water to drain or the seat tube to breath.As one of if not the best race frame they often took a shocking beating and the drops are often splayed and badly repaired under new paint or powder.So these are populair , but not the best quality Excellent quality, great riding frame and could take a hell of a beating but at the end of the day most of these old frames have achilles heels which age exploits, not having a hole at the bottom of the seat tube was a design flaw IMO.If I was in the market for any frame I wouldn't buy one that has been refinished unless the project was documented with pics, with og chrome it's easier to see if a frame has had a hard life.Popular with iffy quality is Hutch territory.good quality frames that as has been said rode well and cantake a beating better than most (especialy hutch) thats a gt PRO i'm on in my avatar, i thrashed the hell out of it at Rom with no problems