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Redline Proline II
Mattdub:
--- Quote from: cheekythirtysix on October 28, 2007, 01:34 PM ---Ahh Matt... I was waiting to put a lst minute bid on that pad...... and then fooking forgot about it. Was at around $28 when I last looked..... how much did ya get fleeced for then dude?
John
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pm ;)
Frosty:
John,
The frame looks like new.
Can you pm me about how it was when you received it. I had a f+f done by Len a couple of months back and to be honest am not too happy with the finish just not sure if it can be fixed by extra polishing or it needs redoing :(
Thanks
Paul
Redline:
Hey Frosty,
The frame was pretty poor when I bought it buddy.... chrome peeling everywhere and marking on the dropouts etc. Took it to Lens and he de-chromed it and gave it an initial polish. I then took it away and got to work on it myself. Spent a whole day on it getting into the nooks and crannys that Lens gear couldn't get into, using loads of autosol, grinding and polishing wheels on a standard drill. Was really hard work but the actual metal looked almost as shiny as chrome when I was done. Then took it back to him and he went over it once more with his gear over the main tubes etc. Then it was chromed. It's a fabulous job but don't get me wrong it isn't flawless... but I am really really fussy. The chrome is slightly gold around the hole on the rear brake bridge, back of seat clamp area and under the front triangle gussets. Would say it was a million times better than the chrome you got on Redlines back in the day... looking back it was quite poor really! Overall I'd give it 9.5 out of 10 I guess. I always find Len really helpfull... maybe give him a buzz and see what he suggests buddy.
Cheers
John
Frosty:
I may do, it really is the post chrome polish I think as he seems to have run a polishing wheel across the rear drop out without going between the seat and chainstays >:(
Redline:
As far as I know Frosty... once the frame has been chromed there is no polishing done at all!
Cheers
John
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