[CR]Rene Herse brakeset

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:21:03 -0400
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Rene Herse brakeset

--- "J.Dunn" <bikehunter@msn.com> wrote:

Judging by the seller's "descriptions", if you wanna call'em that,
> he has
> a lot of confidence that his bidders know exactly what he's offering.
> Talk
> about understated.

What is funny is that somehow I wound up with 1/2 a pair of these, years ago. A well-known bike shop asked me if I'd spend the time to overhaul and put back together a Herse tandem from that era. Unfortunately, one brake was damaged and had to be replaced, so I threw the other into a box. Doubt that I kept it, but maybe it will be disgorged again by "the system" (that which magically restores the missing sock of a pair 6 months later). Hmmm, would it look bad to have a canti set that was 1/2 Herse and 1/2 Mafac on the same wheel. What a half-harse idea...

harvey sachs
mcLean va