The link ought to work now. Again: https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/1958HERSE
> >> 1. I put black tape on the rear carrier to accomodate my Ortliebs. >> 2. The pump, an old Zefal, comes with the bike -- it is in vg condition >> and fits perfectly. >> 3. The Turbo is a bit scratched on top -- garage door incident -- but not >> gouged: cosmetic only, and lightly at that. >> 4. Cyro R or Fly, your preference. >> 5. The wiring is a bit bodged; the buyer may want to replace it again >> starting from scratch. It works fine, though. >> 6. There is a bit of a raised nub where the modifying builder ground off >> the tt-mounted shift lever boss for the shifter that actuated the no longer >> available left seatstay-mounted bottle dynamo. You can't see it very easily. >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:38 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, ACRW >>> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> "internet-bob" group. >> To post to this group, send email to internet-...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> internet-bob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/internet-bob?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Tom Hayes > Chagrin Falls, Ohio > -- 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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