BLUE one is the prettiest!
Thank god it's way toooooo big for me. Not certain if my car would fetch enough money anyhow?
Jill DiMauro
Kensington, MD
> ok, ill bite.
>
> id go with the blue, because:
>
> 1. its just a smidge closer to my frame size
> 2. cantilevers rather than centerpulls
> 3. nifty "repose chaine" feature (if im remembering correctly,
> this is the chain hanger bit on the inside of the dropout
> coupled with the modified r. hub - i think theres pictures of
> similar approaches in _the data book_)
> 4. older, even if updated (silly, but thats how i am)
> 5. has a rear rack
>
> on the other hand, the black one:
>
> 1. is black.
> 2. has that nifty little seat tube mount jos light
>
> so if these were the only 2 rene herse bikes left on the face
> of the planet, and i had the $ to buy just one of them, it
> would be the 1957 blue randonneuse.
>
> but *if* i had the $ to buy a vintage herse, id rather it be
> something earlier with maybe herse cantis, full racks
> (camping style), cyclo derailleurs etc etc... or a nice "porteur"
> with drum brakes and internal gears and a big platform rack...
>
> its all fantasy, regardless... :)
>
> -joel
>
> >Ok, Herse afficionados.
> >Assuming these bikes are the same size - If you had only enough
> >moola to bid and maybe win one of these Herse Randonneuse bikes -
> >which one would you go for, the blue or the black? And why?
> >
> >Dan -just hypothetically, my wife hopes- Borden in Brookline, MA
> >
> >At 9:10 PM -0400 7/22/02, Wdgadd@aol.com wrote:
> >>http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >> There's one, and here's the other:
> >>http://ebay.com/<blah>
> >
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