Re: [CR]Sears and Ted Williams

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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:52:54 -0400
To: BOB FREITAS <freitas1@pacbell.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Sears and Ted Williams


BOB FREITAS wrote:
> There have been a couple questions about SEARS bikes,I
>believe that the SEARS bikes were built by PUCH and the top model
>was just a rebadged BURGOMEISTER,

Bergmeister?

("Burg" means town or city; "berg" means mountain. "Meister" means "master.")
>but I do not remember it as REYNOLDS but some sort of "AIRCRAFT " tubing.

Actually, Reynolds 531 IS aircraft tubing...that's what the immortal Supermarine Spitfire airframe was made of!

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