Re: [CR]Witcomb

(Example: Racing)

In-Reply-To: <20040324.222913.3980.197.richardsachs@juno.com>
References: <20040324.222913.3980.197.richardsachs@juno.com>
From: "Brad Potter" <bpotter39@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Witcomb
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:57:44 -0500
To: Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Hi Richard;

Thanks for the additional info - well if nothing else, probably not many of these bikes are around -

Brad Potter - Augusta, GA

On Mar 24, 2004, at 10:29 PM, Richard M Sachs wrote:
> hi brad
> welcome to the list.
> unfortunately, the decals on the welsh made witcombs
> were specific to that model and were a pressure sensitive
> iteration (of sorts) of the london art - but it wasn't the london
> art. short of making copies, i feel safe in saying that those
> decals were made and used for two containers worth of
> bicycles and would never appear again.
> e-RICHIE®
> Richard Sachs Cycles
> No.9, North Main Street
> Chester, CT 06412 USA
> Tel. 860.526.2059
> site:       http://www.richardsachs.com
> pics:      http://photos.yahoo.com/bobbesrs
> rants:    http://richardsachs.blogspot.com/
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> Brad Potter <bpotter39@comcast.net> writes:
> Hi there - new to the list.
> I purchased a Witcomb frame when I was in college in the 1973 or 1974.
> Built it up with Suntour components  and a Wrights saddle.  Rode quite
> a bit and then put it aside.  Now I'm back into riding and I am in the
> process of restoring it.  I communicated with Richard Sachs and he is
> fairly certain that this is one of their factory frames from Wales. 
> Richard has been most helpful and very courteous.  The frame was
> repainted several years  ago and the original decals are gone.  I would
> love to get them back on it when I have it repainted.  I also spoke
> with Peter Weigle and he has Witcomb USA decals, but none of the
> English versions.
> Any ideas on how I could get either some decals or close-up pictures
> that I could use to have some replicated?  The decals consisted of the
> typical white block letters spelling Witcomb on the down tube, a
> "Lightweight Specialists W" decal on the head tube, a Reynolds Tubing
> decal on the Seat tube, and a small decal that had a small white shield
> and red cross on it on the seat tube below the Reynolds decal.
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> Thank you - Brad Potter, Augusta, GA