[CR]Mario Confente frames/bikes - any unridden ones out there?

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

From: <hersefan@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:49:13 +0000
Subject: [CR]Mario Confente frames/bikes - any unridden ones out there?

Hi CR folks - I had to throw out a new topic as I've seen enough of "classic shipping and payment rendezvous" for the week...

Does anyone know of any never-ridden Confente frames or bikes out there? I'm trying to determine if the one I know of is the only one out there, or if there are others.

Mike Kone in Boulder CO


-------------- Original message --------------
From: David Bilenkey

> It doesn't seem much better even if we're on the same continent. I've got a

\r?\n> few bikes listed on eBay and this has me looking into the costs of shipping

\r?\n> from Canada to the States. Online calculators are giving me numbers in the

\r?\n> $115 US range for mortal without a business account. This is like double

\r?\n> what I found a couple years ago when I was selling a few things. If anyone

\r?\n> has any good Canada to US bike shipping ideas please let me know.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> David

\r?\n> --

\r?\n> David Bilenkey

\r?\n> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

\r?\n> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca

\r?\n>

\r?\n>

\r?\n> > -----Original Message-----

\r?\n> > From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of

\r?\n> > Freek Faro

\r?\n> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:06 PM

\r?\n> > To: Doug Smith

\r?\n> > Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR]Costs of Shipping, Europe to USA

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Interesting to read about the huge shipping cost from the UK

\r?\n> > to the USA. Now I (living in the Netherlands) have shipped

\r?\n> > several frames to the US in the past year. I pack a frame

\r?\n> > rather extensively, and use extra cardboard inside for

\r?\n> > protection. Weight comes out at 8 kgs, + or - a couple of

\r?\n> > hundre d grams. I don't want to do it otherwise just to save

\r?\n> > a few bucks. Cost has been 65 to 70 USD, depending on valuta

\r?\n> > rate fluctuations. Not bad, compared to the cost mentioned

\r?\n> > for UK-USA shipment. That is for a weight between 5 and 10

\r?\n> > kgs, so there's still room for small parts. The size

\r?\n> > requirements ar e exactly right for even bigger frames. So

\r?\n> > much for EU harmonization, last time I checked, the UK was

\r?\n> > closer to the USA than continental Europe. Although the guy

\r?\n> > at the post office told me that my parcels would probably be

\r?\n> > flown to Milan (from Amsterdam), and then across the Atlantic!

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Anyway, consider this a shameless promotion for Dutch bikes,

\r?\n> > like my Gazell e Champion Mondial that's still for sale! (and

\r?\n> > more to come?)

\r?\n> >

\r?\n> > Freek (aspiring exporter) Faro

\r?\n> > Rotterdam Netherlands