Re: RE [CR] Eisentraut on Ebay and New to List!

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From: "Thomas R. Adams, Jr." <KCTOMMY@msn.com>
To: "Kris Koller" <krcomet3@sbcglobal.net>, "Classicrendezvous_1" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: RE [CR] Eisentraut on Ebay and New to List!
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 22:55:40 -0600

Welcome Kris.

You're a hardcore addict. That collection gives you away. Sure, you say to yourself that you can take em or leave em, but you're fooling yourself. It's too late to do anything about it. Give in to the dark side, and join us, your brethren. Soon you will scour garage sales looking for Confetes, you'll haunt thrift stores and pawn shops following rumors of Specialissimas, and you'll agonize over differences in Universal brake calipers on you're Raleigh. Welcome.

Tom Adams, Kansas City.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kris Koller"
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:36 PM
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Cc: krcomet3@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE [CR] Eisentraut on Ebay and New to List!


Hi All,

Before I add my "two bits" to this Eisentraut on ebay thing I would first like to introduce myself. My name is Kris Koller , I reside in Martinez, CA. "snipped" Now I wouldn't consider myself a "hard core" classic bike collector even though I do have a modest collection, "snipped" My collection includes:
    1.. Early 60s INVICTA English 3-speed (Inherited from my Uncle who said he bought it at Sears).
    2.. Early 70s MOTOBECANE Le Champion - Peacock Blue w/white head lugs (ridable but in dire need of a restoration).
    3.. 1975 MOTOBECANE Grand Record - black and red, high school graduation present (some modifications but currently collecting the parts to make it original).
    d.. 70's vintage French ASTRA Tour De France and GITANE Interclub Framesets ( both waiting on restoration, when get the time).
    e.. 1982/83 PEUGEOT light touring - Reynolds 501 frame, pearl white ( this is my commuter bike and has many "period type" newer parts, not sure on model # ).
    6.. 1983 GUERCIOTTI JET - BMW blue w/Super Record and partial "Pantograph" (mostly original, some mods, have all the original parts and wheels, awesome ride).
    7.. 1969 PEUGEOT PX10 - the Jewel of my collection ( all original except for the tires, original owner said he only rode it twice and then hung up in his garage for over 25 years because it was uncomfortable. He was 5' 5" tall and the bike is 58cm, don't figure Huh! But I believe him because the bike is pristine). snipped