Also on Italian eBay, a 50th Anniversary group with free bike attached:
http://cgi.ebay.it/
Jay Van De Velde Sigillo Spiaggia,CA
themaaslands@comcast.net wrote:
Bob wrote:
> I suppose someone may have outed this already, but if you have not seen it
take a look. I hope my Dalcerri looks half as good when I get done with it.
No relation to seller other than LUST for the bike.
http://ebay.com/
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> I predict it will go for $3000 and worth every penny.
To which Sterling added:
Here is another example that Original paint and/or parts do not count for much when it comes to bikes. I have seen time and time again where RE Paints have brought as much $$ or More than Original Paint bikes! Bikes are just not looked at the same way as Furniture.
To which I would like to add:
Sterling is quite correct about this lovely Legnano bike having neither original paint nor parts. The repaint seems to have been well done, but the parts definitely are not up to the same specification. Giampaolo, the seller, states that the bike is from 1949 or 1950, but the 3TTT stem is from the 60's, the brakes are mod.51, hence no older than 1951 (I believe these are actually similar to the ones that I have supplied to numerous listmembers and are actually a latish version of the mod.51 from the late 50's or early 60's.) The chainrings are also not original as Legnano wasn't offering any bikes with the combination of Simplex front and Paris-Roubaix rear. The pedals are also newer and not correct: Legnano apparently specified Legnano-branded FOM alloy or Sheffield steel pedals. It is a nice bike, but not particularly significant and in my eyes certainly lesser than the older Legnano presently being offered on Italian ebay.
-- Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ _______________________________________________
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