Re: [CR]Lotus Bicycles

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

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To: Bikerdaver@aol.com, ksbittner@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Lotus Bicycles
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 07:56:49 -0700

At 5:08 AM -0400 9/7/02, Bikerdaver@aol.com wrote:
>Does anyone else have riding or ownership experiences with lotus to
>share with the rest of the
>group?

I asked this exact question a couple months back about my Supreme but didn't get a lot of info back. I don't really remember them that much from "back in the day." I was given this one for some work I did and it's quite the nice ride. In the last couple months I've seen a few more in town so there must have been a dealer here, but no one remembers. I've also seen a couple on ebay with low miles go for low prices. Studying mine in comparison to the thousands of bikes I've worked on I give it a nice big thumbs up overall. The ride quality is excellent and craftsmanship is quite good. Like most people during that time all you heard about was Italian, Italian, Italian. . . .maybe a little British and maybe French. The general opinion was Japanese stuff was just a bunch of mass produced junk. I'm trying to amend that indoctrination in myself and finding others who as willing to learn. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA --
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