Re: [CR]reissues. reproductions. etcetera

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme)

Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 16:24:24 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous Mail List (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]reissues. reproductions. etcetera
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Grant McLean wrote:
>
> Chuck,
>
> I'm not taking shots and saying 'newer is better', I'm saying that if
> a bike has been ridden for 50 or 60 years, it's going to be worn out.
> If you ride your bike 10 miles a day for 60 years, that's about 220,000
> miles.
>
> I have a couple of Rolex watches from my Grandfather, neither of which keep
> time worth a damn, crystals are all scratched, and cost $200 each time
> to service.
>
> I have a 60's repro. Heuer Carrera chronograph that runs like a dream,
> and looks brand new, because it is. And it's only been worn 150 times,
> not 21,900.

In my experience, probably 1% of bikes get ridden much at all and virtually none of them get ridden for 50 or 60 years!

I have a Heuer Carrera (black dial, two register with matching stainless band) my wife gave me in 1966 before we were married ($90 new then). Looks new, I polish the crystal once in a while, needed a mainspring once (no big deal and cheap), keeps time (accuracy is no longer an issue with Swatches passing chronometer standards). How many times have I worn it? I couldn't even count that high!

New? I'd rather have used.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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