In a message dated 5/21/03 6:43:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, TonyFNitro@aol.com writes:
> i have a 1957 ideor 23 inch. touring frame
> anyone have a same era 55 to 57 cm road race
> ideor frame ,no eyelets to swap or trade.
>
I think you may have the road race frame. The "no eyelet" fashion didn't
start until the 70s. Before then, race bikes had fender clearance and fender
eyes because racers would use fenders in the off-season. If you find one from
that era without eyelets, it would be because someone cut them off. The
apparent "touring" geometry was because races were frequently on unpaved
roads, or worse, on "pave".
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA