[CR]Was Colnago (and others)..now somewhat off topic

(Example: Production Builders)

Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:34:36 -0500
From: "Jamie Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, johan.ericson@logicoffice.se
x-mac-creator=4D4F5353
Subject: [CR]Was Colnago (and others)..now somewhat off topic

Johan Ericson wrote:

...The debate thickened when someone asked the following - If a vintage boat buff at one point find the boat "X" that has a almost good hull but

the deck, interior and everything else is shot. He uses most of the hull

and build everything else up to original standard with the right materials and methods. The boat is his pride and joy. 20 years later someone else finds the parts that he rejected and during the 20 years the opinion of what is usable has changed. Guy 2 says "Hey I found the boat "X" (not knowing of the first guy) and builds a new hull with some of the wood from the original and restores all of the other parts.

Who has the boat "X"? From what year is it?

Change all the maritim words to the bike world and think about it. Maybe

a bike rode by Coppi or Merckx?

Regards Johan Ericson Stockholm, Sweden.

This post makes me think of an excellent book that my mother gave me last Christmas: "The Same Ax Twice - Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age" by Howard Mansfield - University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H. 03755. Although it has nothing to do with bicycles it examines many of the same issues that we kick around here on the list... Highly recommended. Jamie Swan - Northport, New York.