Phil -- Very kind of you to post the admittedly horrible photo and clean it up. Here be new and better photos. Damn' nice looking, if I may say so myself -- but frankly, I think I'd prefer a nice, '70s/early '80s-style "racing" bike with higher trail.
Tho' it does fit perfectly .... On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Philip Williamson < philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > fyp > > http://www.biketinker.com/2011/fine-bikes/1958-rene-herse-for-sale/ > I got a little carried away cleaning up the only photo I could find > for it. :^) > > It's probably already sold, but it was fun puttering around with the > picture, and I figured out an easy way to remove garage door handles > from photographs. > > Philip > > Philip Williamson > www.biketinker.com > > > On Dec 16, 3:38 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Unfortunately, I need cash and, second, the Herse overlaps the Fargo > > (touring) and trike (don't laugh -- coastie/gearie JRA and shopping.) > > Randonees? If I ever do that, I'll worry about that then, not now. > > > > Jan opined that this bike might have been built for "diagonales" but > while > > it rides like a very nice all rounder, it is built of stout tubing and > > ought to make a very nice touring bike for up to 32s with fenders. > > > > $2,500 plus actual shipping and packing by Bike Coop here in ABQ, NM. > > > > Photos and questions answered for the seriously interested, but general > > description below. > > > > 60X57 c-c (fits me who am an Asian-type 5'10" -- by that I mean, fits me > > perfectly -- I didn't even bother to adjust the bar when I got it from > iBob > > RS Watson; just adjusted the saddle). > > > > Newly POWDERCOATED in near-Herse blue -- frankly, although the original > > paint was faded, I believe that this is a nicer -- slightly deeper and > > shinier -- blue that the original may have been. The custom racks and > frame > > and two TA cages all powdered. > > > > The front rack has very likely been modified and a second story added; > > works perfectly with the (included) Lafamu bar bag. > > > > I have had the left seatstay bottle dynamo tab and associated tt wire > > guides ground off; I also had the tt-shift lever mount ground off but the > > grinder left a little nub -- will explain. > > > > The rack, dt, chainstay and lower st wire guides are intact. > > > > Wheels are Mavic 36 with old style (steel centers) Phils; tires are 32 mm > > Pasela Tourguards (or IRC Tandems, 30 mm, if you prefer). > > > > Rear 14-28 Shimano 5 speed (it looks very little used, but it does knock > > lightly when pedaled). > > > > Simplex F and R derailleurs; can add a Huret Duopar for additional $$. > > > > Mavic Retrofriction down tubers. > > > > Simplex seatpost > > > > Turbo saddle > > > > NO PEDALS unless you want a pair of MKS Tourers with Christophe clips, no > > straps. (I will include these at no add'l charge.) > > > > Brakes are Mavic cantilvers, non-touring length and I will add at least > > most of a wheel's worth of Mavic Tandem Model cantis -- I think I lost a > > spring. Matthauser pads. Note: I cannot make these brakes work like > modern > > brakes but they are in no way defective. > > > > Tektro aero levers. > > > > Stronglight headset. > > > > French 9 cm stem > > > > Beleri rando bars, I think they are 39/42 or so -- feel perfect to me. > > > > Sanyo bb dynamo > > > > IQ Fly headlamp > > > > Soubitez dynamo tail lamp with extra bulbs. > > > > VO rubber chain-slap protector (the stay has brazed on mounts for such a > > protector). > > > > Stronglight 99 crankset, 42/46 double. > > > > BB assembly is a Taiwanese (I think) non-thread type (the bb shell is not > > threaded) and sized for a double. I will add two more of these, NOS. VO > > makes a bb bearing assembly that will fit, and I know at least one LBS > that > > carries such assemblies. > > > > Overall the bike is very good. No scratches -- the PC is new -- and all > > bearings very smooth. BB generator is NOS. > > > > Lastly, I will include a matching set of Old School (= old; made from > > cotton canvas and leather trim) Lafuma bags including a medium sized bar > > bag that, with the two-story rack, mounts very nicely to the bar with > > straps, and a rather hacked up but still very usable and very nice > looking > > pair of matchig, smallish rear panniers. I hacked these so that each > straps > > separately to the rack; originally they sort of draped -- they work > better > > now. > > > > Might, just might consider in part trade a nice, steel, classic road bike > > like a RB-1 in a 57 or 58 in vg condition. > > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > > Albuquerque, NM > > For professional resumes, contact > > Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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