Re: [CR]Mafac brake levers, something special?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:48:04 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mafac brake levers, something special?
References: <HBECIOPCNPKEJLCJBKNKCEBJDPAA.dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>


David Bilenkey wrote:
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> What makes these Mafac brake levers:
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> http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2118159238
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> special (besides someone paying over $120 CDN for them)? Is there a
> discernable feature about these that anyone can point out? I'll start
> looking at my old pairs of levers more closely if there is! :-)
>
> Curious,
>
> David Bilenkey in sunny
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Two Japanese bidders and 11 bids between them... sounds like a contest to me.

Hint: the auction ended at 10:01 and all 11 bids were between 8:17 and 8:54 of the last day.

Also, the levers have the earlier "MAFAC" logo. I guess these things are worth more in the Far East than they are in our part of the world ;)

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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