[CR]NOW: francophile minoosha. Was Guerciotti and Tempesta

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From: <"richardsachs@juno.com">
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 19:33:52 GMT
To: LouDeeter@aol.com
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]NOW: francophile minoosha. Was Guerciotti and Tempesta


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-- LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:


"Recently, a couple of other listmembers and I were comparing dropout and fork tip treatment for a mid-70s Serotta and a mid-80s Columbine. They were close enough to make you think the same person did them, but I don't know whether or not Ben Serotta and John Murphy had a similar "link" in their training."

sounds like a cool party lou! what you're refering to is what happens when the brass is not fully closing the end of the fork and stay - it's recessed a bit. that is, more than anything, the french way. french builders were notorious about function over fashion and many/most simply used enoigh brass "there" so that it all held together. what you and your hood mates saw were variations on that theme. the 'merican who did that better than anyone else was bruce-issimo gordan; his brazing in the "down-low" was quite righteous.
e-RICHIE
chester, ct