Re: [CR]Alex Singer - the show so far...

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Alex Singer - the show so far...
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From: "Bob Reid" <robertrreid@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 19:29:16 +0100
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cc: jtheine@earthlink.net

Jan wrote in his letter to John ;

I just talked to Ernest, and he was rather surprised. He doesn't know what happened with your bike. I wonder whether it was sent out with the parts test-assembled for fit only, rather than the final assembly.

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An interesting stance - I mean if Ernest Csuka doesn't know what happened who does ? is he not a one man band with few assistants ? Why one earth would anyone send out a bike test assembled, unless of course they made a mistake. All the points John raised are just signs of a badly built machine (any make any era), no matter whose name is on the frame. Disappointing I'd guess, but good to see at least he intends to redress the issue. In a way it's sad to see a great name sulied as I'm sure for every bad one that has gone out there would be more than ten without fault, but for a 'constructeur' whose supposedly selling a whole machine rather than a collection of parts hung on a frame - and of course charging a premium for the concept - as a buyer, I would be extremely concerned and wary. Here's hoping the rest of Johns experience makes up for the poor workmanship he's encountered.

Bob Reid
Stonehaven
Scotland