Re: [CR]Legnano Seatpost- one more time

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From: "Galen" <gvpoole@bellsouth.net>
To: "john ames" <anthrologic@gmail.com>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <57d2dab1050406122195f1390@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Legnano Seatpost- one more time
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 20:26:15 -0500
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John,

Peter Weigle supplied me with some Fiorelli decals that I thought would be unobtainable--might give him a try.

Galen Poole
Jackson, MS


----- Original Message -----
From: john ames
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: [CR]Legnano Seatpost- one more time



> All
>
> Thank you for your overwhelming support and suggestions. I am stepping
> back to re-evaluate my basic assumption that the bike is Falck tubing.
> I took my rather crappy calipers to the hole again last night and
> found that it is slightly off round by about .01mm, from a max of
> 27.2mm. That tells me that it was either dinged in storage (the seat
> and post are long gone) or it had been over tightened at some point.
> It also points to the bike being made of 531 too. Its been repainted
> and resold several times over so I never knew what year or model it
> was. Looking over the Legnanos on Wooljersey.com I can id the bolt as
> a "Roma" type and note that the lower vertical tange on the seat lug
> protrudes out like the 1968 in the pictures. Unless I am reading it
> wrong, I do have a 27.2 tube.
> Before jumping on any of your offers for 27.0 posts, I will take it
> to my local shop to size it correctly and then decide if I want to
> ream the tube back out true or shim it up from something smaller.
>
> Many thanks to all involved..
>
> John Ames
> Silver Spring MD
>
> PS. I have a line on the large downtube decals (or should I make a
> stencil?) from lloyds cycles in England, but where can I get the rest
> of the smaller ones? - I have the brass headbadge.