Re: [CR]eBay item What is this really

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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10:20:15 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Aldo Ross <swampmtn@siscom.net>
CC: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay item What is this really
References: <002401c091e9$7877d2a0$6cf9fea9@jim2>


Aldo Ross wrote:
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> Is this really a "folding bottle cage"? Wouldn't a bottle just fall out the ower front? It looks like it should be for something else, but what?
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> http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> Thanks for any info.
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> No relation.
>
> Aldo Ross

My 1930s style Bianchi Class city bike came with one. It's supposed to be horizontal on top of the bars centerd over the stem. Holds an umbrella, a bagette, newspaper, etc. for the gentleman riding to work in Milano.

It could hold a vino bottle on its side... its not for a water bottle though.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, California