Re: [CR] Is it really a Jack Taylor?

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:44:15 -0800
From: "Joe Bunik" <jbunik@gmail.com>
To: Kyle Brooks <brooks_kyle@att.net>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Is it really a Jack Taylor?


I am curious about the black-anod 5-pin rings... I never knew such things existed!

=- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA

On 2/2/10, Kyle Brooks <brooks_kyle@att.net> wrote:
> I haven't seen as many Jack Taylors as some of the listmembers, but one
> detail on the bike that strikes an odd note for me is the rather inelegant
> seatstay cap treatment -- fairly crude looking, like on late-70s Raleigh
> Professionals.
>
> Hmmmmm. . .
>
> Kyle Brooks
> Akron, OH
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: james black <chocotaco@gmail.com>
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 3:20:49 PM
> Subject: [CR] Is it really a Jack Taylor?
>
> CR experts,
>
> There is a bike listed on eBay as a probable Jack Taylor. It seems
> like a good bargain if it really is one, but I don't have the
> expertise to diagnose whether it is or not. I did spend a few minutes
> looking at pictures of Taylors on Joel's site, and think it might not
> be - there is no integral rear brake hanger, and I don't see the same
> lugset used on any contemporary Taylor touring bikes. What do you all
> think?
>
> It's ebay item 320482286725. The link:
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y8lemon
>
> Okay, now I go back to lurking.
>
> James Black
> Los Angeles, Cal., USA