Re: [CR]Big Crescent Frame on eBay

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:25:36 -0800
To: "KCTOMMY" <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Joseph Bender-Zanoni" <jfbender@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]Big Crescent Frame on eBay
In-Reply-To: <001c01c064c2$4b293a40$333efea9@oemcomputer>


These were a bit rough and had a giant seam on the bottom of the bottom bracket shell. If this bike is the early 70's vintage I guess all the braze-ons have been added and hopefully the seam filed off! I remember the BB as being French threaded and sure enough the picture shows 35X1. I don't know what that means for the headset. Beware a replacement English threaded fork? I do not know why so much thread is showing on the adjustable cup. Hard to imagine a big toe clip overlap problem and so what.

Joe Bender-Zanoni Purportedly Studying for Tax Law Exam in A^2

At 11:05 PM 12/12/00 -0600, KCTOMMY wrote:
>Saw a pretty Cresecent (sweedish) frame on eBay today. It had been repainted, but looked fine. The only info I have on these is Sheldon Brown's and Mike Kone's vintage bike thumbnails, where Crescent/Monarks are discussed. The dominant theme was poor finishing work and toe clip overlap. Did the toe clip overlap apply to all frames, even the big ones? (this is 62 cm.) The URL for those who are interested is http://ebay.com/<blah> owTutorial=0&ed=977506333&indexURL=0&rd=1 .
>
>I haven't decided how far I will pursue it. Much depends on the intelligence supplied by you, my G-2 section.
>
>Tom Adams, in Snow Bound Kansas City, where the Cirrus 7 sits waiting and begging for a test ride.