snipped from earlier post: <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote: "Do those CR members who judge shows pay attention to this sort of stuff? Would you consider a 1972 RD more correct than a 1973 on a January 1973 Paramount frame? Nitpicking, perhaps, but it's the nits that separate the prize winner from second place."
no. NO!!!
why?
because what we do here 30 plus years later bears no resemblance to reality circa 1972. folks then NEVER did this date stuff or brev vs patent stuff. even pre cpsc and post cpsc were shipped "stock" on the bikes whose names get us wet and sticky.
e-RICHIE
chester, ct