Re: [CR]Reproductions?

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

From: "Peter Jon White" <PeterJonWhite@PeterWhiteCycles.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Jan Heine" <heine@mindspring.com>
References: <CATFOODGmFs40SIqAbU00002873@catfood.nt.phred.org> <a05010401ba7d3e13eb52@[66.167.139.50]>
Subject: Re: [CR]Reproductions?
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:24:24 -0500


> Finally, aren't all lugged steel bikes, including Richard Sachs',
> outdated, antiques?

I don't know about that! ;-)

However, my wife claims that I'm an outdated antique.

I'm curious about one thing though. Some have mentioned Cinelli Supercorsa replicas. Are these being made with the 120mm rear spacing of the originals, or with 130mm rear spacing? How original are they really?

Some camera manufacturers have been making "reproductions" of earlier designs. Leica and Nikon come to mind. Leica has a camera that's supposed to be identical to the first production Leica from 1924. But it has an updated lens so it's really not the same as the original. It also accepts 35mm cassettes, which the original did not. You had to "roll your own" back in the good old days. Nikon's new rangefinder is much like their 1950s camera, but also has an updated lens.

http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/msystem/0serie/index_e.html

http://www.cameraquest.com/NRFS3%202000.htm

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