Steve Barner wrote:
>
>Just think about how rare a bike made with Reynolds 531 aluminum (AKA
>Unobtanium, in the old days) and the virtually impossible to find Campagnolo
>lugs that look exactly like Nervex Professionals would be. Oh, those sly
>guys in the back of the Carlton factory slipping these incredible parts into
>a lowly International--and then coming up with a new chemical process to
>apply chrome plating to the aluminum so that it would look like all the
>rest. I'll bet they even figured out a way to make it magnetic. Lucky the
>guy found out about it, so he could know what it is he has. Of course, you
>would have to know that there is something special about the bike, since it
>must be the only '74 International with parts on it to tip the scales at 14
>lbs. Truly the bike of angels.
>
>But then, with that eBay user ID, maybe it was a revelation...
Well, he dropped the price down to $1500. But if he threw in the blue pickup truck, it might be worth it...maybe...
Roy "Super Trainer Excersizer himself" Drinkwater Lititz, "right track" PA