At 3/21/2005 10:11 AM -0800, C. Andrews wrote:
>I think those are very cool...but, nonetheless, paying that
>much for a set of drop-outs, no matter how cool, strikes me
>as something out of the Dutch orchid bubble. The buyer is
>a collector who has spent a truly remarkable amount of money
>on rare vintage bike stuff in his time on ebay..and the
>market appears to be just him, and people who probably know
>him personally... all 5-or-so of them competing to see who
>has the biggest...ahem.
Let's assume, hypothetically of course, that there was someone wealthy enough, and crazy enough, to want to build (or, if torch impaired, have built by a KOF) a frame using these dropouts.
What lugs, bb, crown and tubeset would be appropriate? Rare, high quality and period correct.
By the time one equipped such a frame with appropriate parts, there would be no question who has the biggest...ahem.
Mark "Still sitting on two sets of Campi 1010s, two 531 tubesets and a wide
assortment of old, but not particularly rare, lugs" Stonich;
Minneapolis Minnesota
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