Re: [CR] Stolen bikes on EBay

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:11:12 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Stolen bikes on EBay
References: <C10E2187.228D%fatticbicycles@qtm.net>
In-Reply-To:


Doug Fattic wrote:
> I was able to recover my wife's bike - stolen in 1985 - last year because of
> information on the web. It wasn't listed on eBay but rather a question was
> posted on some bike forum about the value of a vintage Doug Fattic frame.
> (The response was that custom frames from "lesser Known" builders didn't
> fetch as much). This was a sentimental bike for me because I had made it
> for her before we were married while learning at Ellis Briggs.

That story gives me hope. I built a couple frames for my wife and myself shortly after we were married, but they were stolen after we moved into student family housing at UW-Madison while my wife worked on her Masters. I'd like to think they'll turn up eventually, but I suspect they're buried in the muck on the bottom of Lake Mendota.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA