Ugly bike accessories, was: Re: [CR]Wanted: Steel Water Bottle Cage

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 21:09:11 -0400
To: Jerry & Liz Moos <moos@penn.com>, "Koepke, Mark" <mkoepke@uwsp.edu>
From: "Harvey M Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
Subject: Ugly bike accessories, was: Re: [CR]Wanted: Steel Water Bottle Cage
Cc: "'classicrendezvous@bikelist.org'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <3B11898C.89F7EAC6@penn.com>
References: <9347DB191EF4D411BC1A00500460E4AC10A294@ems8.uwsp.edu>


Maybe we should start a competition for ugly bike accessories. Warning you that I can trump, I'll lead with my wonderful sheet steel Schwinn Sprint water bottle cage, with the little spring loaded tabbie to secure the water bottle in place. Im not sure, but wasn't the surface rust part of the factory spec?

:-) Harvey (it's raining in N. Va) Sachs

At 19:11 5/27/2001 -0400, Jerry & Liz Moos wrote:
>Mark, if you don't have to have absolute historic accuracy, the ALE chromed
>steel cages from Rivendell look very good on 70's era bikes.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry Moos
>
>Koepke, Mark wrote:
>
> > Hi there:
> >
> > I have a early 1970s Bottechia Pro that I've been restoring. It's almost
> > done. One thing it lacks is a nice steel bottle cage. used is fine,
> but VG
> > condition.
> > Can any one help me?
> > Mark
> >
> > mkoepke@uwsp.edu