Bob,
Dude! I've see that bike blasting down the Autobahn at 200+ MPH. No, wait, I'm confusing that bike with the Rolls Royce that has the streached front end in order to house the RR Merlin aircraft engine. Sorry!
Brian(couldn't resist)Baylis
>
> In a message dated 02/05/2001 11:09:12 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org writes:
>
> > <What I like are the stories about guys who decaled their Paramounts as
> > Varsities
> > just for fun. Do you think anyone was ever a big enough joker to redecal a
> > Cinelli as a Windsor? (We do know of one very famous Colnago redecaled as a
> > Windsor - Ernesto supposedly never forgave Eddy).>
> >
>
> How about this: A number of years ago an ex-Schwinn employee acquaintance of
> mine built up a lemon yellow Varsity with all Nuovo Record parts. Weighed
> probably 29 lbs. but it drew some stares on the rides back then. Now there's
> a guy with a sense of humor.
>
> Bob Freeman