Hello,
Some Rene Herse points as I know (or think I know them). Most if not all later model Herses were supplied with decals. My 1983 model has them over chrome. My bike which is has only one Herse part; the demontable handlebar stem. Now it has lots of lights and tubular racks and fittings that are very Herse. I saw a 753 Herse with complete Super Record group in the Herse shop in 1983 that had no Herse fittings whatsoever, but it was a race bike and needed none.
You can see my cycle this on the CR site. It might be helpful.
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
Yours in Cycling,
Gilbert Anderson
North Road Bicycle Company 519 W. North St. Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Toll Free Ph: 800\u2022321\u20225511 Local Ph: 919\u2022828\u20228999 E-mail: cyclestore@aol.com
In a message dated 4/6/04 8:17:39 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
<< > > From: "Feeken, Dirk" <dirk.feeken@sap.com>
> > Date: 2004/04/05 Mon PM 12:29:56 CDT
> > To: "'CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Subject: RE: [CR]eBay item 3669448632 (Ends Apr-05-04 06:08:30 PDT) -
1969
> > Rene Herse
> >
> >
> > I've contacted the seller and asked for more detailed pics and if the
bike really has decals instead of hand lettering. He didn't send pictures
but confirmed that the bike has indeed decals. He said the Herse shop
switched to decals in their last years and that the bike has been repainted
there. Don't know if this true, but since I could't find a single Herse part
at the pics I hesitated to bid. Can anybody confirm the "Herse used decals"
story?
> >
> > Dirk
> >
> > BTW: There's a brown frame with (different) "Rene Herse" decals hanging
in the Singer shop which is obviously and according to the Csukas not a
Herse. So at least fake Herse decals exist.
> >
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> > Dirk Feeken
> > Heidelberg
> > Germany >>