The 3Rensho-built Allez frames did not always have Campagnolo dropouts. I had one with Campy dropouts and one with Shimano dropouts. The dropout facings on both were chromed. Both had forward-sweeping crowns and very long point lugs. And painted red of course.
Drew Ellison Everett, Washington USA
On Jun 7, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Fred Blasdel wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, David Bean <beandk@rcn.com> wrote:
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>> http://boston.craigslist.org/
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>> Can anyone ID the maker of this bike? Should I jump on it?
>>
>
> Probably made by Miyata or one of the other big Japanese houses, but
> definitely not a 3Rensho.
>
> For starters it's about 10 years too new, but the 3Renso frames were always
> painted bright red with Campy dropouts. The fork crown on this is similar
> but not quite it.
>
>
>
>> Also note the interesting wear pattern on the rear rim. It seems to be
>> related to the spokes. Could the rim be ever-so-slightly wavy from too
>> much
>> spoke tension?
>>
>
> The wear is from exactly the opposite -- the rim isn't wavy at all anymore
> :)
>
>
> Fred Blasdel
> Seattle, WA