[CR]Stephen James' Frejus -- see photos here

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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:11:37 -0700
From: "Dan Kehew" <dan.kehew@gmail.com>
To: "Stephen James" <sj52@hotmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Stephen James' Frejus -- see photos here

> Oops, forgot to try to add the pictures. Here are some.

Stephen and I sorted out the whole pictures thing; we've posted a couple to my Flickr site for your viewing/drooling....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclesalvation/

The original posting from Stephen:

"There's an advert on craigslist (http://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/bik/7260 09469.html) that I happened to follow --for no good reason actually. The t itle of the advert is really nondescript. At any rate, after I contacted t he gentleman, he sent me some pictures of a great looking black Frejus pro. So, don't bother asking him about it. I promised him that I would sprea d the word. I don't really know many of my old friends who are interested, and I happened to find this site. I thought it might be helpful to someon e.

"At any rate, I do have pictures; but I'll see how I do with this hotmail sy stem. Well, to briefly describe: the serial number is 100097 (left side, u pper seat post); it is black, with Campagnolo Record hubs, soldered spokes, Ghisallo wooden rims, campy seatpost, Cinelli plastic seat, Cinelli pista stem and handlebars. The crank's not campy; it's a TA Specialites, though . The chain ring is TA (48t), and the sprocket is a campy 16t. The bottom bracket seems to be campy --the plate is marked. The seat post and the he ad set crowns are also engraved. It's approximately 59cm ctc in height and approx. 56 ctc along the top tube. The paint condition is fair, and the c hrome is somewhat pitted.

"My plans are to ride the bike, so I'm probably going to put on new rims. I t is somewhat of a shame to break apart the wheels, but it would cost me to o much cash to buy another set of campy wheels just to be able to admire th ese wood ones. The original owner, I've been told, did not ride the bike i n the street at all. Otoh, I've had little opportunity to get to a track.

"Well, I'd never seen a Frejus with the TA cranks, and I'm not sure whether it'd be worth it to change. That's mainly because of the bike's probable a ge. When did Campagnolo Record parts become standard equipment on Frejuses ? What was the standard before that, if any? Any information or suggestio ns will be appreciated.

"regards, Steve James"

and I am signing off myself as:
Dan Kehew
Davis, California USA