Re: [CR]Ebay: Bianchi Cyclocross.

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From: "Tom Martin" <tom@wilsonbike.com>
To: "Todd Kuzma" <tullio@TheRamp.net>, "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>, "wspokes" <wspokes@penn.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <BB691FD8.48A01%tullio@TheRamp.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay: Bianchi Cyclocross.
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:18:44 -0700


or running it into the garage when on a roof rack maybe....... There's a 'ping' in the head tube- how did that get there I wonder. check for shingle marks......

Tom Martin
Oakland CA


----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Kuzma
To: Aldo Ross


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay: Bianchi Cyclocross.


> on 8/20/03 12:33 PM, Aldo Ross at swampmtn@siscom.net wrote:
>
> > No way was that ever a cyclocross bike, not with so little clearance for
> > mud. That's a touring bike for certain, especially with the triple crank.
> > Aren't the crankset and front derailleur from the early 1980s?
>
> It also looks like the fork is bent. The touch-up paint applied on the top
> tube just behind the head lug would suggest the type of damage typical from
> a front-end collision.
>
> Todd Kuzma
> Heron Bicycles
> LaSalle, IL 815-223-1776
> http://www.heronbicycles.com