Re: [CR]Rene Herse for sale:Q about the internal cable entry...

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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:39:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Rene Herse for sale:Q about the internal cable entry...
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <4193B15C-B227-417B-A7CE-034689D6E7CA@earthlink.net>


My suspicion is that Don was a bit deceived by the reflections from the flash, or perhaps by the pitting in the plating. So relax... :-D
      Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- Chuck Schmidt wrote:


> Don Wilson wrote:
>
> > Keen eyes look at the picture of this Herse showing
> > the top tube where the brake cable enters the top tube
> > for internal routing. Look how gobby the metal is
> > around the entry port. Were Rene Herse's frame
> > builders known for doing such sloppy work, or was this
> > an after market modification? Otherwise quite a neat
> > bike.
>
>
>
> Gobby metal around the cable entry port? What I see is a
> piece of
> thin sheet metal beautifully formed to create an entry point
> into the
> tube, very cleanly brazed.
>
> Cable entry pix:
> http://www.pianosromantiques.com/images/DSC_00104.JPG
>
> Sloppy work??? You're kidding right???
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California

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