Re: [CR]Ebay Outing: Gillot - Buy it!!

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Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Outing: Gillot - Buy it!!
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:20:20 -0500
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Mike/List This bike has absolutely georgeous lugs, very very sweet !! For some reason I thought the "must have" Gillott was a "taper tube". Does this model precede taper tube Gillotts ?

Wayne (Wish I had one to look at !!!) Jolly, Toronto


----- Original Message -----
From: hersefan@comcast.net
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Outing: Gillot - Buy it!!



> Hey CR folks,
>
> No idea about specifics on the Gillot on ebay, but if it is as it appears
> any CR member with any sense should hop to it and buy it. Gillot frames
> have a wonderful reputation, and I think are wonderfully elegant and
> beautifully made. Anyone who has a soft spot for British bikes should
> jump on it. I would, but I'm relatively cash poor and I have one sitting
> right in front of me now anyway.
>
> There are folks who would put a Gillot on a higher level than any Hetchins
> (I like Hetchins a lot too). Some British stuff has been trading for
> silly low prices from what I've seen (and been able to buy lately). Yea,
> the 531 decals on this ebay frame are a tad silly, but this frame is a top
> tier vintage lightweight.
>
> If you are a CR member and you don't know about Gillot, but you have a bit
> of cash in reserve, buy it and learn why it was a cool purchase later.
>
> And if the frame has some history or a problem that my quick scan of the
> ebay listing didn't reveal, forget that you ever heard my name. I'm just
> trying to pump people up about something that is really cool.
>
> No connection to the seller.
>
> Mike "if I wasn't so caught up with the French stuff" Kone in Boulder CO
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
>> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>> RK:MEWA:IT
>>
>> Very tasty Gillot Spearpoint frame with 6 hours to go and no bids. I have
>> just
>> spent way too much on bike stuff lately or I woud be quite tempted!
>>
>> No relation to seller, but I have purchased a few things from him in the
>> past
>> and they were good transactions.
>>
>> Paul Raley
>> Leonardtown MD
>>
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