Re: [CR]Ebay Outing: CRASHI Gran-Criterium, Mid-70's, 60cm

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To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:14:37 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Outing: CRASHI Gran-Criterium, Mid-70's, 60cm
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: gillies@cs.ubc.ca
cc: gillies@cs.ubc.ca

i don't think the rear dropouts are original. e-RICHIEĀ™ 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/

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 08:15:01 EST OROBOYZ@aol.com writes: In a message dated 4/2/2004 6:40:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, gillies@cs.ubc.ca writes: << How much is a such a bike worth? I mean, it has a new fork and top tube, so I presume it's more than a MASI, it's almost certainly a CRASHI. Is it possible to build a new fork that is indistinguishable from the original, or will the new fork differ in some minor way? http://ebay.com/<blah> - Don Gillies San Diego, CA >>

It's a shame they didn't reuse the original fork crown (maybe it was bent?) or something closer in appearance, because that Taiwanese fork crown sticks out like a sore thumb to me...

Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC