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Sig_Arlecchino
Ok, so this seems as good a place as amny to ask. I'm in the market for a road/track frame 1950's or older, preferably with mudguard eyes. If you had a choice to make between a frame that doesn't entirely match these requirments (ie no mudguard eyes, more of a pure track frame, but is the right size) and is a brand you have an affinity with (ie carlron-my Dad had one and I'm from Nottinghamshire) but it has been refurbished and repainted recently, and a frame that has its lovely old original paint and decals, has mudguard eyes, but is of a make you have no real connection to otherwise (all be it still a lovely frame-a Pennine), which would you go for. The refurbed one then you have a affinity for, or the nice frame in it's original paint.?? Nice conundrum to have, admitedly...