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