[CR]Bivalents on Ebay

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

From: "Tom Dalton" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Bivalents on Ebay
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:42:01 -0700 (PDT)

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I suppose these are the very rare early version, but I find this selling price remarkable. I know, I know, it's Ebay and all, but given the essentially useless images and the reputation that these hubs have for failures (stripping splines?) why would people bid so aggressively? I suppose the bidders may have had more info than was on the auction.

Another thing: did bi-valents ever actually get used for actual racing? Bivalents and M-71's are both groovy examples of Cinelli innovation that never really caught on. I wasn't riding in the early 70's but aren't these both items that were used by the tech-weeines of that day, items that never found favor among racers?

Tom Dalton

Bethlehem, PA

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