Re: [CR]What distinguishes 1st generation SR brake levers? -

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:49:24 +1300
Subject: Re: [CR]What distinguishes 1st generation SR brake levers? -
From: "Wayne Davidson" <wayne.collect@xtra.co.nz>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051207161535.69541.qmail@web81802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Hi all, yes RB, I'm sure a lot of us can see where you are coming from, but at the end of the day, someone got some nice SR levers with nice hoods for a price. They were happy to pay that for them, wether they are what they claim to be, I'm sure the buyer does know what he bought, well one would think so anyway.

Re the SR hubs, yes I always laugh when looking on eBay, I've noticed in the past some other listmembers listing such items, and the RARE word being used on items that I have quite a few of myself, RARE is very much an over used word on eBay, not just on bicycle parts either.

well thats my rant for now, I'm back to bed to get an hours kip before getting up for the daily toil........wayne davidson Invers NZ.......

on 8/12/05 5:15 AM, Riccardo Bulissimo at rbulissimo-bike@yahoo.com wrote:
> I also was scratching my noggin' as to how those levers with shield logos and
> handle shape get the "first generation" description. Though nice and all,
> they didn't look right, but the seller is well known and active on CR, so I
> figure to let the experts sort it out. I don't ever trust what I think I
> "know" these days.
>
> But then I looked at the under-bidder and thought... well now, HE oughta know!
>
> As a Ebay seller concerned with fairness and accuracy, I take great pains to
> research my listings and CR members and website are a bottomless well of info.
> But when I check recent sales on Ebay, I find stuff like this. Same seller
> listed Super Record hubs, of which (a) I thought were supposed to have
> titanium axles and (b) either never really existed or are so rare as to make
> Dale's pricebuster page quite easily.
>
> and so it goes. Caveat emptor as always I suppose and value is in the
> beholders eyes.
>
> Riccardo Bulissimo
> Verdi Nev aaaaaa duh (say it like a lonely sheep, none of that "ahhh" crap)