Originally Posted by
RCMoeur
Although this doesn't have the cachet of full 531, it still seems like a decent tube set, hence my reluctance to toss or downgrade the frames, in spite of their... unique hue.
That "unique hue" constitutes the better part of this bike's value. It's obviously original, and likely much more rare than the dark green/olive, which was the other option that year. Certainly its "beauty" is in the eye of the beholder, but declining to keep it would be equivalent to painting a Delorean, putting a steel body on a Corvette, or black powder-coating a Miami Vice Ironman.