Agreed, that is who should have them, BB., e-ritchie or guy named Weigle. To create what we all would place in awe.
Mike "fresh from 11 Stone Street" Schmidt Stirling, NJ
> Mark wondered what sort of frame you'd build,
> or have built, with those $2K dropouts recently
> sold on ebay.
>
> I'd give 'em to Brian Baylis, along with a complete
> Nervex pro lug-set, with the nice Nervex Pro bb shell
> (which may or may not be too flexy for some, but
> MAN, is it pretty. Prettiest bb shell ever made, imho)
>
> (or, alternatively, build a frame like an old Masi or
> Pogliaghi, with Cinelli-style lugs, a very fine-grained
> flambuoyant paint, and some chrome)
>
> I'd have Brian make me his best Nervex Pro frame
> complete with the bb shell and crown. Paint it up
> with contrasting panels and some nice pin-striping,
> Swiss-style, most likely. Then wait
> for one of those first generation Gran Sport
> derailleurs to come around, for which I'd have to pay
> as much--or more--as I did for the damned dropouts..
>
> Then find one of those really early Gran Sport front
> ders with the lip on the cage and the loopy Campagnolo
> stamp... if that was the earliest iteration of that
> derailleur, was it?
>
> the rest of the parts suggest themselves...hm. By the time
> I was done? I'd probably have something like 9500 bucks
> in it, give or take 500 bucks.
>
> I'd rather take my 10K to Europe and snoop around for
> an original top-line Helyett or La Pearle or something of the
> sort. I'd get a nice european vacation in the bargain, since
> a clean Helyett from the 50s, assuming I could find one,
> surely wouldn't cost me more than 5K?
>
> But that Baylis would nice... wouldn't it?
>
> Those drop-outs are destined for a glass case, and
> I say all power to *allvitluxe* who absolutely has
> a bigger ahem than I do..
>
> Charles Andrews
> Socal