Non, Steve, we should encourage him. Come, Tom, come to the dark side---
Tom ('76 PX10) Adams, , Shrewsbury NJ
>From: themaaslands@comcast.net
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)
>Subject: Re: [CR]'54 Urago track bike...advice sought
>Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:33:15 +0000
>
>Tom Sanders wrote:
>
> > Just got a call from a good buddy who says he is holding a '54 Urago track bike
> > for me to look at. Blizzard conditions here (8-10" of new snow and I must go
> > out of town tomorrow, so I won't be able to see this for a couple of days). He
> > says it is red with chrome lugs, has Campy track hubs ("before they were called
> > Campy"...this sounds strange to me, but the guy knows a lot about bikes),
> > adjustable Cinelli track stem, Cinelli track bars, and some sort of Mavic track
> > headset that he says screws down to tighten it up. Lots of stuff I don't
> > understand here. He is selling it for a gentleman in his '80s who is the
> > original owner. Starting asking price is $300. Doesn't seem to me like I could
> > go too far wrong, but it is way outside my area of familiarity.
> > I could sure use some advice from anyone more familiar with such things.
>
>Tom,
>
>following your rather uncalled for recent comments about France and French culture, you should be aware before all else that this is a French bike that you are considering. Given your obvious lack of accord with things French, I would strenuously recommend that you stay as far away from it as possible and offer it up to a more enlightened CR listmember.
>
>Laissez faire et laissez vivre.
>
>--
>Steven Maasland
>Moorestown, NJ
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