Distresto no gusto
That's one band wagon I don't dig at all. The whole "distressed bicycle" restoration. I do get painting that one missing part and adding it to complete the bike.......but taking the time to restore a bike to look old is pointless. There's tons of originals out there. It's one of those deals where ...as with the 'well made/hard to tell' repop stuff.....down the road? People WILL get burned, and I realize that most of the time ....out of the gate that is not the intention. But bikes change hands, lines get blurred and eventually a totally lame scene with someone believing something is UNrestored. To reiterate, I DO get the partial resto of, say a tank that was missing, then another located, and painted to match....or a seat so far gone that a shiny restored one would look out of place. But the effort to "forge" a bike to look untouched to me is just another can of worms waiting to pop open down the road. My 2 cents on distresto bikes.