In a message dated 8/23/02 1:38:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, youngc@NetReach.Net writes:
<< The lefthand seatstay seems to be a out of whack as well to my eye. Is this the same seller that disappointed Stevan with a discrepancy in the description vs. reality of the finish on a Major Taylor frameset? >>
This is a different seller. He had a head badge listed as "Tegnano" about the time I got the Nichols from "frankjuliek". Both the Legnano chainstays seem to be curved in the "modern style". Perhaps some well meaning noodnick modernized it.
The guy who sold me the Nichols clearly left the idea that the frame was "as
put away.. and lovingly stored...since 1961". Not an exact quote, but
definitely the impression. The fresh paint still isn't dry after baking in my
attic for several months. He'd have quite a career if he stuck to writing
fiction, or as Shelly Berman used to say "I know many a liar doing very well
these days...making out airline schedules..."
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA