The last seven frames to come back from the paint shop have been some version of red. I won’t give it much more thought. If they made it to Spring Valley at all it means each commission passed the RS smell test on enough levels so that I’d feel comfortable delivering the bicycle to a waiting client, that it would fit superbly, work according to my belief system, and look bitchin’. If there’s any one theme that ties all of this together it’s the consistency with which inconsistencies are part of the process.