Re: [CR]Re: Bates on Squee-Bay

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 12:38:49 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Bates on Squee-Bay
References: <20040807192117.62083.qmail@web41507.mail.yahoo.com>


"Dale B. Phelps" wrote:
>
> Really pretty bike, item 3692451342. Is the seller a list member?
>
> Honestly, I do not know if my eyes are playing tricks or if this frame
> IS made from that special bulge-y tubing (fork is obviously diadrant
> though)
>
> Dale Phelps

That is a pretty Bates! The tubes are cigar shaped (bigger in the middle, smaller at the ends) and are called "Cantiflex tubes."

http://ebay.com/<blah

Question for you Dale... what is the derivation of "Squee-Bay"?

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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