On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:03:02 -0400, you wrote:
>See #220461401901
>Although not OT, it's KOF and Dale has allowed me to "out" this bike.
>I would very much appreciate Listers opinions about it.
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I'm a total newb here and I know relatively squat about exotic bikes of the past. So I can't say whether those toe straps belong to the same era as the frame pump or whether the panto should be 35mils deep instead of 30.
If a guy's flipping a rusted Raleigh Grand Prix on Craig's List, we'd expect a full complement of cables. I'm pretty sure the same goes for more expensive bikes. 130mm drops on a 7 speed?
The seller says "This was a Long Distant time trials bike there are so many things Special about this bike ..." By 1988 even the most ordinary bikes had aero cables. Oh, and in 1988 TT bikes didn't look anything like that. Didn't they have 8 cogs by then? At least the "special" ones.
I really think it is telling us everything we need to know that the bike was photographed on a work stand.
My opinion, it's a bunch of very interesting parts that span nearly a decade assembled into a nearly complete bike. A build that replicated a singular model of bike would certainly be more valuable.
As for the authenticity of that frame and it's graphics, I don't know squat. I do know that "rare" is not built up of nearly random parts in the living room. I also suspect there's a well-scraped, horizontal glass surface somewhere in that same room.
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