Re: [CR]Re: A steal on ebay - Cambrio Corsa Dalcezzi sold cheap

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:12:29 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: "wspokes" <wspokes@penn.com>
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: A steal on ebay - Cambrio Corsa Dalcezzi sold cheap


Hmmm...Or why would I seek out a 1920s/30s frameset to build up with period correct parts (any leads appreciated) so I can ride a Path Racer! And own a 1949 Vicini with CC...I am only 32. For me, it is the appeal of never having gotten the oppurtunity to see these things first hand in the age they were used and experience how they performed. Having raced in the 90s, I enjoy taking these old soldiers out for a spin to see just how they perform compared with the new age phenoms. What I have found is, they sometimes take a little more effort but mostly, adjustment to your riding style...and they perform beautifully!

Walter Skrzypek Falls Creek, Pa

-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> Sent: Sep 21, 2003 10:46 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Re: A steal on ebay - Cambrio Corsa Dalcezzi sold cheap

Paulie Davis wrote:
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> Chuck Schmidt wrote:
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> > The majority of the collectors I've met are looking for 1970s and even
> > 1980s bikes and an old soldier from the 1940s while interesting, is not
> > something they have been obsessing over trying to find and possess.
>
> Is it because most of us weren't the *right age* kids when the 1940's bikes were new? Perhaps it is that the '40's bikes don't hearken back to those *wish I could afford that cool bike* teenage years for many of the classicrendezvousers? Maybe the *bike boom* itself had a little bit to do with it after all?
>
> Paulie Davis
> Los Angeles

Well you're right Paulie in that the 1940s bikes don't harken back to "wish I could afford that" but there are many other reasons for wanting to possess something old. Why in the world would I spend good money on an 1897 Duequesne? Or a 1950 Bianchi Folgorissima like Fausto Coppi won the 1950 Paris-Roubaix on? After all, I'm only 59 years old fur krist's sake :)

Must be something else going on here?

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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Walter Skrzypek
Falls Creek, Pa