Just a favorable follow-up: Recently ( I think it was Aldo Ross) mentioned there were toy/minature cyclists for sale on French Ebay. I followed the links, found the items and just want to report that in just 9 days, my gruppetto of cyclists arrived unscathed. They are currently traversing my desk. Looks way cool. They are made of plastic and OT as well with some funky rear derailleur. Maybe one of you can ID it sometime...
The seller ID is criterium-jflb. I didn't want to wait around for an auction so I used BIN, and the total cost was only 17,55 Euros ( he takes Paypal and it did the conversion from dollars at a fair rate.) You can also get these and other toy cyclists and a board game directly at his website http://www.cyclist-model.com
No relation here of course, just wanted to let the rest of you know. Christmas is always comin'...worth a look. Seller's English is ragged, but better than my French!.
back to work!
Riccardo Bulissimo
Verdi, NV