Don Wilson wrote:
> Questions...
>
> Does anyone know if Tesch painted his own bikes? The seller says it
> is a Joe Bell paint job.
I don't think Dave did paint, and I do know he used Joe Bell for a while
anyway.
>
> Could someone look at the fork and tell me if that was the kind of
> fork he put on his 101s?
> http://ebay.com/
Dave was fond of the Takahashi investment castings, and that does look like a Takahashi fork crown:
http://www.os2.dhs.org/
I can't tell from the pictures whether the lugs are Takahashi castings
as well, but it wouldn't surprise me.
> Lastly, are they really as terrific as I have read?
When you buy a Tesch, you're buying into a legend. Isn't that enough? :-)
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA