[CR]Question about Wheel Wear

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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 10:27:17 -0400
From: "Grant McLean" <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca>
Subject: [CR]Question about Wheel Wear
To: "Classic Rendezvous Mail List (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Lou,

With mavic CD anodized rims, you _could_ get that much wear if you rode in the rain a lot. Or snow. But since the seller is in L.A. I would guess the bike has a lot more miles that that.

Other examples of false reporting: "officer, i only had two beers" "i swear she looked 18" "i'll be back in a minute" "i once caught a fish THIS big" "just about anything on ebay..."

grant mclean toronto,ca

*Famous Lou* wrote: eBay item 3669298621 (Ends Apr-04-04 12:20:10 PDT) - DE ROSA 56CM CHOURS/RECORD LIKE NEW 1980'S http://ebay.com/<blah> 29 8&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1 The seller of this bike claims about 1000 miles. My general thought is that since the parts can be replaced, it is hard to judge miles on a bike by the components unless the group and frame year are closely matched which supports the originality. But, in this bike's case, I think the wheels might be the original, or at least original with the group. In listmembers opinion, about how many miles does it take to show the wear points on the rims at the spokes as

shown in the pictures of this bike? I don't think I've ever seen wear like seen on the rear wheel in only a thousand miles. Also, it is always interesting to find a bike that has a different headset and bb from what the rest of the

group is showing. This usually implies that there was a swap out of parts at

some time, meaning that even more miles were seen before the current group was installed. Again, my question is about estimating miles based on wear on the

rims. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL