The forks also looks bent at the curve, giving the fork an "S" profile. I'm guessing that the top tube chrome is "flaking" immediately behind the head lug, in lines perpendicular to the length of the tube, clear indication of stress of damage from a front end collision.
I guess I'm just questioning the seller's explanation of the chrome flaking.
Kevin
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Jon White [mailto:lists@peterwhitecycles.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:41 PM To: Val and Kevin Ko Cc: 'classicrendezvous' Subject: Re: [CR] This Paramount doesn't pass the smell test
Val and Kevin Ko wrote:
> Seller says "there is the common flaking of the finish behind the head
tube
> on the top tube which was cased by vibration from the factory fork. This
> phenomenon happens to nearly every chrome bike prior to 1971 that retained
> the factory fork." It looks to me from the pictures that the bike was the
> victim of a front end collision and the forks are badly bent, and the top
> tube is probably damaged, or at least stressed enough to damage the
chrome.
> Smells fishy to me!
>
>
http://ebay.com/
> &rd=1
>
There's nothing obviously wrong with the frame. But the fork is clearly bent backwards slightly at the crown.
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