He answered me that it was approximately a 22" seat tube. Some Baines did not have the supplementary stays - see the photo of such a Baines on the CR web site. I didn't ask about this, I just assumed it was one of those built this way.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> I had a less satisfactory encounter with the Baines seller. I e-mailed
> expressing interest and asking for the answer to two questions. The
> questions:
>
> 1) What is the frame size?
> 2) Who (the previous owner, the restorer or yourself) removed the two
> supplementary seat stays from the back end of the top tube and for what
> reason was this done?
>
> ...and answer there came none.
>
> Martin Needleman in Annapolis
>
> The Maaslands wrote:
> >
> > Jerry wrote about the De Rosa Time Trail bike seller:
> >
> > > As a completely opposite example of an eBay seller, I had contacted
the
> > > seller of the Baines someone outed a week ago with some questions to
which
> > > he promptly replied. When he ended the auction early, I emailed him
twice
> > > in the last few days to expesss my disappointment and my continued
> > interest
> > > if he relisted. Today, he replied, apologizing for not answering
sooner,
> > > explaining that a deal to buy a used BMW, to which he was going to
apply
> > the
> > > Baines proceeds, had fallen through, and offering to make me a copy of
the
> > > original 1935 Baines brochure, if I was interested.
> > >
> > > Fortunately, I think there are more good people like this on eBay than
> > there
> > > are jerks like the one selling the Derosa. I'm thinking of inviting
the
> > > Baines seller to join our group.