Re: [CR]reproductions

(Example: Humor:John Pergolizzi)

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:47:13 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]reproductions
References: <4426067.1046138909896.JavaMail.nobody@wamui06.slb.atl.earthlink.net>


Charles Andrews wrote:
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> After following this thread with some interest I've reached a simple conclusion: if a frame has someone's name on it, and that someone was not involved in any way in the design, construction, or supervision of construction, of said frame, then said frame is *not* a genuine whatever-it-may-be. It may be a nice frame, even a great frame, but it's not a whatever.(cut)

Well, it is with a heavy heart that I make the following announcement: My collection of Bianchi that start with a 1939 Vit-Marg equipped race bike and end with a 1995 Bianchi GB-MG Boys team bike, including a 1950 Folgorissima, a 1953 Campione del Mundo, a 1979 Superleggera, etc. etc. etc. are all for sale excluding the 1939 bike.

The reason being that Edoardo Bianchi, born in 1864 and having started Bianchi in 1885 at the age of 21, died in 1946 (cause of death, car accident) so the rest of my Bianchi collection is NOT GENUINE !!!

(sniff, sniff,...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... sorry)

Forgive me Fausto, but you were riding and winning on a not genuine Bianchi. Si, si, it's a pity, no?

Ô¿Ô¬ Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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