Re: [CR]New Acquisition - Pre WWII Track Bike

(Example: History)

Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:24:20 -0800 (PST)
From: "Brett Horton" <bretthorton@thehortoncollection.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]New Acquisition - Pre WWII Track Bike
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Robbie,

Sorry you feel that way. Perhaps someday I will have a collection comparable to the depth and breadth of your vast stash of pre-war racing bikes so I can flippantly disregard a rider who won, among others, 17 Tour de France stages, finished on the podium in Paris four of the eight times he rode the TdF, and was a two time French National Champion on the road. Jean Alavoine achieved these palmares despite missing four of his most potentially productive years due to the first world war.

I guess I must be searching in the wrong places. In 14 years of looking, I have only seen five bicycles outside of museums that were pre-war, untouched, and had credible rider provenance.

So, solemnly bowing to your vast knowledge of cycling history, I will have to be happy with an apparently meaningless bike from an apparently meaningless rider. (Maybe I should spruce it up with some fake Campy brake hoods.)

I remain you humble servant.

Happy Holidays,

Brett Horton San Francisco, CA

Rnitro1969@aol.com wrote: bfd...brilliant ?????? deal.

robbie

bretthorton@thehortoncollection.com wrote:
    <snip>Earlier today I closed a deal for a couple of items I have been pursing for several years: Jean Alavoine's race used bicycle and four foot original hand tinted photograph of him.<snip>