Jan Heine wrote:
> Nowadays, Singer, Berthoud and a few others still work as
> "constructeurs." They use mostly existing components - Singer
> still make their stems. So no, you don't need to make your own parts,
> although the golden era for ready-made parts were the 1970s, and a
> lot of stuff is posing problems these days, most notably hubs (no
> more Maxicar that allow spoke replacement on the road),
Very interesting topic, and has made me understand those bikes more.
Here is a URL to someone who put together a bike in the Herse style on a
lower budget, but more labor intensive:
http://community-2.webtv.net/
Steven M. Johnson, Chesapeake, VA
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