oops, that should have gone to the list
-----Original Message----- From: Lewis, Benjamin (Ben) Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:01 PM To: 'WD Baseley' Subject: RE: [CR]A Newbie Writes
>The picture leads me to believe that the outer chainring is pantographed,
i.e. it has words etched or cut into its surface. If so they may be the
best indicator of the bike's provenance, because framebuilders commonly
pantographed their names onto chainrings.
Here are some more pictures (sorry I'm not much of a photographer) :-
http://users.skynet.be/
bike3.jpg shows the chain ring in more detail. I will photograph the headbadge this evening.
>The upside is that you probably have found yourself a lovely vintage bicycle at a bargain price.
I'm quickly coming around to this point of view. My test run blast around the park on Saturday afternoon and the words of advice and encouragement here have shown me that this is something special to be enjoyed.
Thanks again
Ben
PS It's a pleasure to find a community such as this.