>At 2:38 AM +0100 3/25/05, kim klakow wrote:
>>Lordy!
>>The seller has previously sold Rene Herse axle nuts. What is different about
>>these, and how does one recognize them?
>
>My guess is that these came from a wrecked frame that was not
>otherwise salable. Looks French to me, probably a pretty nice one.
>
>Sheldon "Recycling Is Good" Brown
>Newtonville, Massachusetts
I like your optimism, but at least in one other case of a similar offering by the same dealer, I know from well-informed sources that it was a pristine bike that was cut up. And yes, the dropout treatment looks French, and a nice French one at that. Unfortunately, for the seller, it makes more sense to try and get $ 300 for the dropouts than to sell the entire frame for $ 250 and have to bother with shipping such an unwieldy item.
My hope is that so far, most of the stuff this guy offers doesn't sell... -- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles 140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com