Yeah, this guy missed his calling. He should have been a photographer rather than a pawn broker. Or maybe he knows a photographer who is willing to do photos in exchange for getting his stuff out of hock. Most of the components are definitely not on the level of the frame here, though. The brakes appear to be Triomphe or Victory, with a cheaper QR than Record. Note the front hub Campy QR but Shimano dustcap. That's the great thing about photos like this - you can note those little discrepancies before bidding. This one will be bought for the frame, though.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
gpvb1@comcast.net wrote: Albert probably had a thousand or more of those early decals, and used what ever he had available, or the decal could even have been added later, hard to say. I have 1977 bikes, and they have the later, typical, (plastic film?) decals.
What's neat about this auction is all of those crisp close-up photos! They really allow one to see that the brazing work on this frame is fabulous. You can imagine how many hundreds (thousands?) of framesets he had already brazed at that point.....
Greg Parker Dexter, Michigan
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 04:00:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos To: Chris Collins , classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]$0.99 Eisentraut on Ebay (An outing)
This raises a question for me. The Columbus decal is the one identified on the CR site as 60's and very early 70's. Was this decal still in used in 1977, or is the bike older than the seller states?
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
Chris Collins wrote: Here it is:
http://ebay.com/
>From a pawn broker no less....tch tch!
I have no relation to the seller or this bike other then it says "Oakland" on the frame and I live in Oakland....
--Chris