Maybe the reason for these "dumpster babies" is that,
in the mid to late 1960's, the retail prices of a
Schwinn Super Sport and a European-made custom bike
were roughly the same?
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> Just to add to Michael's tales, my Herse Federale
> which I got from
> Grant Handley was brought to California from Arizona
> where a fella'
> picked it up off the curb for trash. The fella
> recognized something
> about the paint, brought it to a shop in SF where he
> traded it even
> up for a new RB-1. I eventually got an email from
> this fella, saved it somewhere, and he told me
> the whole story that I got in pieces from Gh.
> This bike was in _such_ rough shape that I
> finally decided it was time to paint and restore
> some, so it's
> in the able hands of Mike Barry of Toronto.
> Hopefully he'll get
> to finishing it soon.
>
> got my official Confrerie des 650B today, I'm #933.
> Douglas 933 Brooks
> Canandaigua, NY
> >
> > Ok - this wasn't me, and there is a chance that
> the person could have been
> > in a car when they spotted this...but this is
> good...........
> >
> >
> > How about, by the side of the road in Newbury Port
> MA (put out for trash?)
> > a frame painted as a Schwinn Paramount and a bunch
> of parts. And the parts
> > were really cool, cable stop Campy front, 1st gen
> Campy alloy cranks etc.
> > Oh - and then the person discovers that the bb is
> French. Kinda weird. Not
> > wierd at all. The frame was really a Rene Herse
> painted for someone who was
> > racing, we guess, for a Schwinn club.
> >
> > Ok - now another one. Someone walks down the
> street in their Philly
> > neighborhood and finds a Rene Herse demontable
> leaning against a building
> > (without wheels). Calls to the police and a
> search of national database
> > for stolen bikes turns up nothing. Rather fun
> trash.
> >
> > Ok - now another one. Someone finds in a
> Princeton frat (or dormitory) a
> > 1948 Herse (OK, it is kina rough). Sells it to a
> major bike restorer/dealer
> > - shows up eventually in a Japanese magazine all
> restored and gorgeous with
> > a price tag heading towards 20K.
> >
> > Ok - now another one - don't know the details -
> someone at the dump sees a
> > Rene Herse frame - grabs it and trades it away for
> some fun bike goodies
> > with a west coast dealer. Everyone is made happy.
> >
> > So next time you need to give an estimate of "what
> do Herse bikes trade
> > for" you can honestly say that "they often are put
> out with the trash" -
> >
> > "One mans trash is certainly another mans
> treassure"
> >
> > Mike "sell me your trash" Kone in Boulder CO
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 03:47 PM 6/21/02 -0700, kim hetzel wrote:
> > >To all CR LIST members,
> > >I would like ask the members:
> > >
> > >What surprising and/or curious finds have you
> come across on the roadside,
> > >while cycling ?
> > >
> > >. . .for some light hearted entertainment
> amoungst ourselves from the
> > >seriousness of most of you wanting those out of
> production Campagnolo brake
> > >lever old world logo gummed hoods.
> > >
> > >I found a Leatherman's tool, of which I now
> carry around with me in tool
> > >kit. I also found a fleece vest that needed a
> new zipper. However, I still
> > >have not yet found that briefcase full of
> unmarked money to invest and/or
> > >go on that tour of the world for a year.
> > >
> > >Smiles to all,
> > >Kim Hetzel,
> > >Yelm, WA.
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