With apologies to Chuck, and meaning no disrespect to James Thompson, I thought I'd pass along this bit of polite "oneupsmanship".
Both bikes are wonderful! Check out the bar wrap
Regards,
Carlo Carr
"Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> This one is probably older than most of you fixed Dudes.
> It is a 1960 Mercian (England) Superlight model with bikini
> lugs. Weighs 17.5 pounds with 1960 vintage parts and
> sew-ups. It is a road/track bike meaning that it was made
> to do pursuits on the track and time-trials or club rides
> on the road. Gearing is 48x16 of course ;)
>
> http://www.velo-retro.com/
Nice colour! Mine's a '56.
http://photos.yahoo.com/
Apologies for the pics - bad light and a borrowed Sony Mavica - but you get the general idea.
James Thomson 44/15
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