Re: [CR]Want NOS Vintage?--It is available

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From: <RaleighPro531@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:53:57 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Want NOS Vintage?--It is available
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 2/24/2003 12:41:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:


> So while they would be a potential buyer for a "new/old" bike, they get
> old bikes "modernized" because "who in the world would want to ride with
> those old obsolete parts." I think this eliminates some of the buyers
> for a modern version/reissue/replica/reproduction of a CR timeline bicycle.
>

That and the pesky budget! Still cheaper to buy an old frame and paint it then to start out new. Not that I don't think(dream) about doing a rendition of an old Raleigh with a couple updates/corrections in the area of derailleur hangers, braze-ons, and slightly longer toptube.

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA