Re: [CR]fluted seatstay caps

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 21:18:14 -0800
From: "Brian Baylis" <rocklube@adnc.com>
To: vahdia@att.net
Subject: Re: [CR]fluted seatstay caps
References: <CATFOODotwBP8xidGVw000001fe@catfood.nt.phred.org>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Seth,

Needless to say, I would really like to see what those caps look like. I wonder how closely the match what Faliero did? Any chance of seeing what they look like?

Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA


>
> Hi bicycle historians:
> FWIW,I have a Claude Butler with brazed fittings for Cyclo Oppy that has
> fluted seatstay caps just like Masi.The famous Mike Knepp pointed that out to
> me back around 1990.The Butler would be from some time in the forties,because
> the Oppy had a pretty short life.
> Seth Finkelstein in Santa Cruz,CA-pieces of bike in every room!