Great news, Lou. I don't think I would have ever dared to try something like that. Did you get nervous after a year or two?
Any chance of a picture for us Cirque deprived folks?
Tom Adams, sleepy in newly DST Kansas City. Did everyone change their clocks?
-----Original Message----- From: LouDeeter@aol.com <LouDeeter@aol.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 6:11 AM Subject: [CR]One of a Kind Classic
>You may recall an ad in Velonews about 8 years ago where an "old and
ancient"
>framebuilder had agreed to come out of retirement for a special run of
custom
>frames. As I recall, the frames were made in Europe, by someone like
>Francesco Cuevas, without use of jigs, and the finished product after
brazing
>required very little cold setting. The wait was advertised as 3 years &
the
>price was almost $5000. Well, finally, yesterday, my frame arrived after
the
>wait of all those years. It is gorgeous. Special stock thin chromed
Nervex
>lugs with old stock Columbus SL tubing, chromed fork & stays in the "old
>style". I was a little worried whether I would ever see this frame as I
knew
>that the elder Cuevas passed away. It must have been someone else who
>actually finished it. Anyway, it has a serial number 001. I must have
been
>the only one stupid enough to actually order one. I'll bring it to Cirque
>with the NOS Campy group that I took off one of those 100th anniversary
>Bianchis a few years ago. And, no, this frame is not for sale. Lou
Deeter,
>Huntsville AL.