After what I thought was the worst-looking and worst-designed Herse was on e-bay a few months back (the rear mixte, fillet-brazed), now this one comes along. It is an Herse, I believe (front eccentric clamping certainly looks right, and they are different from all others I have seen), but what about the rear triangle and those horizontal dropouts? Sidepull brakes on an Herse tandem? Fillet-brazed again, too. And of course, cottered cranks were found only on the most budget of Herse.
It is my size, but not a tandem I'd want.
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Jan Heine, Seattle
Editor/Publisher
Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
http://www.mindspring.com/
Vintage Rene Herse frame,around 1960 Item number: 3641718349
Not the seller
Charles Nighbor
Walnut Creek, CA