Originally Posted by RiddleOfSteel

You are welcome! The blue was very nice, though touched up enough to put things at 50/50. And with the bike/frameset proving itself to be as good as it did, the mission became to aim for the best of what it could be (in a very practical sense). A magnum opus type build. Knowing all the components I have on it now, I sometimes thing it would have been fun to do a loony color like fuchsia metallic or Spaceballs Rainbow Glow Metallic 9000 like a lot of modern bikes, and really rub it in the face of The Current Year bikes, but I went with--especially with the silver elements of the 9000-era Dura-Ace--a subtle, classy-yet-quietly-dominant countenance. There's always next time for a funky paint/powder coat job, right? Your 720's red is such a demure red in sunlight. It's really nice, but in any other light is so 'quiet'. Sometimes vintage Trek coloring is a little too quiet, and I opine that they weren't more like certain Fujis or Nishikis or Schwinns. It's the vintage Trek "charm" though. My 720/728 is flippin' taupe...metallic (who does that???), accented with a brown metallic head tube and seat tube panel. Whatever, Trek, you had me at beautiful minimal lugs and full, lightweight, double-butted 531 tubing that rides amazingly. I guess I'll just have to survive!