Peter Schwar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It might not be polite to ask, but I'm going to anyway, with
> regards to the eBay seller "rstytnsp". Is there a relationship or
> history with this dealer and Rene Herse? I remember he had a high
> number of Rene Herse parts and pieces on ebay, finished and in
> various staged of fabrication, and I never could figure out how he
> came by them all. Can someone let me in on the story if there is one?
>
> Regards,
> Peter Schwar
> perplexed in Montreal, Canada
Grant Handley use to own a bike shop in San Francisco called Planetary Gear and made numerous trips to Paris every year (sometimes six per year) looking for and buying up everything "constructeur" he could find. All this before the internet and eBay. Quite a large percent of the material wound up in Japan for some reason or other <grin>.
Grant had been quite a good Junior racer in his formative years from what I've heard.
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Chuck Schmidt
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United States of America
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