Vivalo NJS

What's the story behind the semi-paintjob?

I think it's the Vivalo in this classifieds listing, so:

the orginal seat tube got damaged and had to be replaced. this was done by ryan at Oak cycles. it is a great joba nd looks as good as new. although it only had a coat of lacquer on the tube so will need a spray if you want it to be good as new. there is some surface rust on it at the moment (see in the pictures) but nothing major.