Fw: [CR]Is this bike worth $28,842.58?

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From: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Fw: [CR]Is this bike worth $28,842.58?
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 09:01:26 -0400


----- Original Message ----- From: Aldo Ross <swampmtn@siscom.net> To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Is this bike worth $28,842.58?


> There are only a few small things wrong with this bike:
>
> 1. Coppi's P-R bike used a steel stem, not the later aluminum Ambrosio
> Champion shown (see pics).
>
> 2. Coppi's P-R bike used the earlier brake levers, not the Universal 61/68's
> shown (see pictures).
>
> 3. Coppi's winning P-R bike had a Paris-Roubaix 1-lever shifter, not the
> 2-lever Cambiio Corsa shown (see photos).
>
> 4. The frameset is shorter than Coppi's winning P-R bike (see photos)!
>
> Aldo Ross
> (rode Coppi's OTHER P-R bike to work last week... honest)