At 08:39 AM 3/16/2004 -0500, Peter Koskinen ushered forth:
I'm replying to the original post, apologies for the location.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Lewis, Benjamin
>(Ben)
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:26 AM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]A Newbie Writes
>There's a picture here :-
>
>http://users.skynet.be/fa339360/images/bike1.jpg
The picture leads me to believe that the outer chainring is pantographed,
i.e. it has words etched or cut into its surface. If so they may be the
best indicator of the bike's provenance, because framebuilders commonly
pantographed their names onto chainrings.
> I'm starting to think that
>maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea to use it as a hack after all.
The components would probably mark it for theft. The upside is that you probably have found yourself a lovely vintage bicycle at a bargain price.
rgds, Dave Baseley, watching the snow fall (one last time?) in Berks County PA