[CR]Reproduction thoughts and vintage bikes ramblings

(Example: Humor)

From: <Wornoutguy@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 09:51:37 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Reproduction thoughts and vintage bikes ramblings

Boy guys do we forget that unless you are on this list or a few others there is not that much interest in these bikes. Anyone out there getting rich restoring bikes. The problem here is as each generation grows older they long for their childhood (and the bike they wanted in their childhood) then they get old and it goes on. Certain vintage bikes are interesting and some are even valuable but I don't think any bike part is so valuable it will ever be worth paying a machinist to make a part. Go price it out some time just to have one part anodized. I only have a few bikes and do almost all my own work. Even then my bikes are a break even deal or worse. Anyone here who thinks they are collecting these bikes to sell for their retirement better go put their head in cold water. I would love some 1930s track tires reproduced. How many could we sell, how much would it cost to produce them?
    Have fun finding parts, have fun rebuilding your bikes, for gods sake have fun riding them. If money is the motivation quit now - I remember reading about an owner of an almost one of a kind Ferrari race car - (only two still existed) he raced it and would crash it when asked why he did such a dangerous thing to that car he said -- it will always be one of two left and I can have everything rebuilt. Sam DiBartolomeo Riverside CA