very nice indeed ! that especially helps with the crank ring selection.
there was a roberson on ebay several years ago, with a really interesting seat stay arrangement. gave it a strong go but it was suddenly pulled, never to appear again. oh well.
we've accumulated most all the bits over several years (with the exception of a black headset) and figure it's probably just time to "fish or cut bait" with this particular frame project.
who knows, we might just barely equal this one :)
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/
robert clair
alexandria, va 22308
"Charles Nighbor" <cnighbor@pacbell.net>; "beau links" <links0311@yahoo.com>; <d-gordon@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Black Dura Ace photos
> You might be interested in the pics of my Roberson with 1st generation
> black Dura-Ace.
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Best,
>
> David
>
> David G. White
> Burlington, VT
>
>
>
> Robert Clair wrote:
>> thanks so much, that also helped a good bit. we are getting closer on
>> this one ... but we're not quite there yet. anyway a nice snowfall this
>> evening.
>>
>> robert clair
>> alexandria, va 22308
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Bingham" <blkmktbks@gmail.com>
>> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Black Dura Ace photos
>>
>>
>>> Roberto -
>>>
>>> I meant to respond earlier, but seems like you found what you were
>>> looking for. Only thing I can add is that I believe that both the
>>> black and silver finish was available from the begining ('73 according
>>> to Shimano). The brake calipers also changed somewhere along the way,
>>> with the adjuster arm on the back caliper half (is that the way to
>>> describe it?) going to a split-arm design. Don't know when that
>>> happened, but I've seen both types. My 1st gen DA equipped (mostly)
>>> Martin can be seen here:
>>>
>>> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>>>
>>> There's a couple good pix of the calipers and levers there.
>>>
>>> Wayne Bingham
>>> Lovettsville VA USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Robert Clair <r.clair@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> thanks so much ... i just swapped out some plain black rings as shown
>>>> in
>>>> charles pix for some semi-drilled chain rings. now looks like we're
>>>> going to have to put them back on as the semi-drilled ones may be ex or
>>>> later.
>>>>
>>>> plus side: just found some bullseye pulleys in blue (who knew, were
>>>> not these always red), some dark blue clark's, and some ale clips in
>>>> blue. and mavic ssc blues, and a san marco blue suede seat.
>>>>
>>>> watch out, no one will give a hoot about this one though. pop a top
>>>> folks out there, and thanks so much to this list for getting this
>>>> project back on the rails.
>>>>
>>>> oh by the way, did i say pop another top !!
>>>>
>>>> robert clair
>>>> alexandria, va 22308