Re: [CR]Gold bikes

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2002)

Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:51:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Isaac Schell" <ias23philly@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Gold bikes
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20080318124240.BFB4CFBC7C3@smtp02.spamarrest.com>
cc: Lee Levitt <lee@wheelman.com>

I saw a gold plated san rensho in a shop in Japan. It was amazing. The owner could not remember where he got it. He ended up selling me a yellow one with webbed lugs. Also pretty cool.
Isaac Schell
Philadelphia PA
USA


--- Lee Levitt wrote:


>
> >Robert wrote:
> >There were a rash of gold plated bike during the
> late seventies and early
> >eighties - mostly for show - moreso trade shows -
> not just bicycle
> >trade shows.
> >
> >And not all were Colnagos - a couple were made here
> in San Jose (Dale Saso +
> >Someone Else?). Gold anondized Galli rims, brakes
> and cranks were common on
> >some...
> >
> >Was a passing fad?
>
>
> I saw a gold plated Condor hanging on the wall of a
> bike shop in
> Georgetown in 1972. It was all Campy, and IIRC, some
> or most of the
> frame was also plated.
>
> I fell in love with Condors then, bought my own
> custom Condor 9 years later.
>
> The Condor on the cover of Richard Ballantines
> "Bicycle Book"
> certainly helped as well...it was a beautiful
> example.
>
> Lee
>
> Lee Levitt
> Needham, MA USA
>
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