Re: [CR]Herse on eBay....

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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:47:14 -0800 (PST)
From: "Don Wilson" <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Herse on eBay....
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <8CA241F78C278C8-F94-8EF@WEBMAIL-DG09.sysops.aol.com>



--- Dale Brown wrote:


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> RENE HERSE DEMONTABLE BICYCLE R HERSE 1971 CLASSIC?
> ??? Item number: 140197350384
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> This will be interesting to see how it fares, $
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> How many demontibles have we seen up for sale? If I
> recall correctly, Cyclart had one a few years ago...
> Pretty "Rare!"
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> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: smwillis@verizon.net
> To: Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>; Howard
> Darr <hdarr@embarqmail.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:08 pm
> Subject: Re: Re: [CR]Childs brake handles ebay
> outing
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> If my memory serves me right I saw a set on my
> little brothers Raleigh 24 inch
> wheel bike years ago.
> >From: Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
> >Date: 2008/01/13 Sun AM 10:15:00 CST
> >To: Howard Darr <hdarr@embarqmail.com>
> >Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: Re: [CR]Childs brake handles ebay outing
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> >At 1/12/2008 06:13 PM -0500, Howard Darr wrote:
> >>Very intersting kids brake handles.
> >>Any information or stories
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> >>Ebay number 110212365582
> >>Howard Darr
> >>Kinsman OH USA
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> >A set came on our Gitane "Midget Racer" - 15"
> frame, 500A wheels and
> >3 cog freewheel. Lots of friction, not very
> comfortable.
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> >Later Weinmann introduced a much nicer small lever.
> > http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/JrLeverSide.jpg
> > http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/JrLeverFront.jpg
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> >I think I still have an NOS set somewhere.
> Contact me off list if
> >you are looking for something like this. Probably
> have the original
> >solid levers too.
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> >It would be easy to replace the pivot in to
> eliminate the "suicide"
> >levers, but these work better than most as they
> don't reduce lever
> >travel. I set up a touring bike with the adult
> size version. The
> >customer wanted the second lever position because
> he was planning a
> >2nd tour of South America. He'd learned on the 1st
> trip that when you
> >spent 6 hours decending a rocky mountain road, with
> 90 lbs of bike
> >and gear, standard road levers leave a bit to be
> desired.
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> >Mark Stonich;
> > BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
> > 5349 Elliot Ave S. - Minneapolis. MN 55417
> > Ph. (612) 824-2372
> http://bikesmithdesign.com
> > http://mnhpva.org
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> Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com Would some one worldly in the ways of riding demontables tell me the manly way to shift this Herse? Between the legs, or around the thighs? Or does one just refuse to shift with the same fierce pride that Parisians on the Metro in summer refuse to unbutton their vests? The first would no doubt set one's feminine riding partner's heart a-flutter, but me guesses around the thigh was what was intended.

Don Wilson Los Olivos, CA USA


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