Re: [CR]650b machine

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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:55:43 -0500
From: "Phil Sieg" <triodelover@comcast.net>
To: Sarah Gibson <sadiejane9@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]650b machine
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

...best functioning french bits?

Isn't this an oxymoron? ;-)

(/Pace/, Francophiles)

Leaving aside the issue of functionality, aesthetically I really like the pre-Delrin Simplex bits, particularly the period with the black and gold badges, like these shift levers http://ebay.com/<blah which have now soared beyond my post-Christmas budget (thought they haven't escaped my lust), thanks to our Japanese brethren.
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> other than the gorgeous maxicar hubs

Excelto hubs, also. Have a beautiful pair from the early '60s with lovely engraving.

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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee