I've met Mike a few times--is he tall enough for that bike? DF
> Dale,
>
> Several people pointed this out to me the first time it was listed.
> There was something odd about it but I couldn't figure it out until a
> day or two ago. I am the only person with the genuine first generation
> Wizard decals. This bike has the original Wizard decals on it but it is
> not the original paint job. Here's the story.
>
> I think that was the frame Mike Howard built for himself when we were
> building Wizards. The repaint and the braze-ons are NOT original. The
> repaint was done by Medici (Gian Simonetti and Mike Howard) at which
> time the braze-ons were added. I sent Mike the original decals.
> Simonetti probably painted it. That color is not like the colors I mixed
> up while painting original Wizards. The cutouts in the lugs would also
> have been trimmed.
>
> The frame has no serial number on it. If I could get a look at the BB
> shell I could tell wheather the BB shell had been replaced which would
> explain the lack of serial number. Mike taught me (through my seeing
> several bb shell failiers on frames he brazed) to go to the point of
> overkill in cleaning parts before assembly and brazing. By the time I
> was making frames on my own and brazing them myself, I was already
> deeply involved in the parts cleaning fetish.
>
> This frame is a reasonable example of the Wizard species but is not
> "original" by the deffination we all understand. Good luck to anyone who
> is interested in bidding.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Has the sun been comming up every day lately? The chain on my vice stand
> that connects to my leg isn't quite long enough to reach a window. I
> suppose if I really wanted to know I could gnaw my leg off and go take a
> look.
> >
> > Did everyone notice this bike?
> >
> > http://ebay.com/
> >
> > Dale Brown
> > Greensboro, North Carolina
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