RE: [CR]eBay Confente

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: "Jim Cunningham" <CyclArtist@cox.net>
To: "'Scott Goldsmith'" <sg8357@getcoactive.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]eBay Confente
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:56:39 -0700
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020627102116.00b0b6b0@mail.getcoactive.com>


Dear Scott and list,

You are right Scott this set up was not common, but does look ahead of it's time now. It is also rare among Confentes as I think there were only three with Bar controls.

No, not all Confentes have the engraved levers.

Jim Cunningham CyclArtist Vista, CA

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Scott Goldsmith Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:31 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Confente

At 10:07 AM 6/27/2002 -0400, nickzz@mindspring.com wrote:
>All potential Confente bidders,
>
>I have just received extremely sensitive confidential information
>regarding this item.
>
>IT'S A FAKE !!!!!![snip altruism]

bar-cons are a dead giveaway, the bike is a RB-1 with a misleading repaint and some clever dremel work on the lugs. And the hoods are shot.

Seriously, was this a common set up with the brazed on bar-cons stops ? They look like modern STI stops, another example of reinventing bike stuff on 20 year cycles ? Did all the bikes come with the engraved brake levers ?

Scott Goldsmith
make mine 60cm
in Zinzinnati, Ohio