re:[CR]'05 Monson swap meet report

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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:44:01 -0800
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Bikeville" <Bikeville@erols.com>
Subject: re:[CR]'05 Monson swap meet report


Thomas, the Via Bicycle crew were also there, minus Curtis. The swap was rather mediocre this year, compared to last year's sweet finds. there was no real showing of bicycles on display, we brought up a 1959 Schwinn Paramount track bike. can be seen on our Website in the pics gallery, http://www.bikeville.com Ken Denny had a beautiful 1955? Ephgrave Super No.1 path bike. Beautiful! I didn't really see any real scores or great deals or rare bikes. Maurice didn't have a bike on display and Ken wasn't selling anything. we just brought up our usual stuff, seems like there were more buyers than sellers, and the sellers didn't have what the buyers wanted. plus no Hetchins Pete. just my 2 cents. ralph philadelphia, PA

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:57:23 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Adams <thomasthomasa@yahoo.com> Subject: <http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=%22%2705+Monson+swap+meet+report%22&SearchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D>[CR]'05 Monson swap meet report

Attended my second Monson swap meet this weekend, in the company of Dave Neuhaus and Ray (Ironbutt) Hominski. We left at 0400 in Ray's van, and Ray drove every mile of the way, up and back (a 2.5hour one way trip). Hats off to you, Ray.

Monson is always a smaller meet, and the dicey weather probably cut down on the attendance. Besides Dave, Ray and myself, the only other CR reg. I saw was Maurice Bresnahan, who had some great stuff for sale. I probably ended up being his best customer (nos Cinelli #3 Unicanitor, two bottle cages, pair of nice gran compe levers, and I'm still kicking myself for letting the NOS Nisi rims go by). There were plenty of interesting things to look at though, includiding several old track machines. A nice Paramount with inch pitch drivetrain was there, a mystery bike with a maltese cross style headbadge that looked home made, and Ken Denny brought out a lovely Ephgrave #1 track machine.

There were some good buys, including a old logo NOS Cinelli stem for $25, a pair of NOS 1st gen Dura Ace hubs for $50, 28 spoke FIR silver tubie rims for $10 each and some Super Record 52 tooth rings NOS for $45. I only picked up the stem, and a Mavic Starfish triple crank for $45 (anyone know what length spindle this takes?) to go with the items I bought from Maurice. Most of the booths were selling Stingray and Balloon tire stuff, but there was a nice scattering of lightweights.

Anyway, here are some pics for your viewing pleasure. Not the biggest Monson I've been to, but still worth it. If only it didn't start at 0700!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/thomasthomasa/my_photos

and go to the Monson swap '05 folder.

Thomas Adams, Shrewsbury NJ

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