Re: [CR]Wow - $725 in 1973 would buy you a...

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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 12:48:43 -0400
From: "Steve Freides" <steve@fridayscomputer.com>
Organization: Friday's Computer.com
To: youngc@netreach.net
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Wow - $725 in 1973 would buy you a...
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I have a Velosolex frame hanging in my garage in my size. I've never built it up but hope to sometime soon. It seems like a decent enough steel frame to me.

=S=

youngc@netreach.net wrote:
>
> Maybe he could after shedding the safety levers (idiot levers) and the
> kickstand. Those value-added components may explain why our astute seller paid
> $725 for this example of France's finest. Either that or he has misplaced a
> decimal point.
>
> Out of curiosity, has anybody ever seen a "top-of-the-line" Velosolex or did
> they peak with a UO-8ish model?
>
> Charlie Young
> Honeybrook, PA
>
> >
> > In a message dated 6/22/01 7:12:17 AM, jtaylor@hfx.andara.com writes:
> >
> > << http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
> > I can just see this POS on the Tour. Not even Vandenbosche could get this
> > thing up the Tourmelet.
> > Phil Brown