Judging from the amount of seatpost showing, whoever last rode it probably should have been on something like a 60cm+ frame. Any ideas on what post that is? Looks awfully long even if it only has a cm or so into the seat tube.
Charlie Young
Honeybrook, PA
> Very nice original bike--worth a lot of $$, IMHO. I'm grateful it's not my
> size. ;-)
>
> However, to be accurate, note that the buyer says he *bought* it from John
> Howard. He does not claim it was JH's "ride". FWIW, JH is much taller and
> rode, if memory serves, about a 60-61 cm road bike, so I doubt this 55 cm
> bike was his racing bike. Even if one might select a slightly smaller track
> frame than a road frame, the difference here is too much. I did the
> Specialized Allez/Campagnolo SR assembly for John Howard's 24-hour record
> ride in the early '80s and recall a much taller bike.
>
> Bill Bryant
> Santa Cruz, CA