Re: [CR]2 Raulers (60.5 cm and 50 cm C/C) and Masi Prestige (51.5 cm Masi sizing) for sale on ebay

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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:51:13 -0400
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]2 Raulers (60.5 cm and 50 cm C/C) and Masi Prestige (51.5 cm Masi sizing) for sale on ebay
To: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>, "CR" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <009401c6696b$d7d58670$0300a8c0@HPLAPTOP>
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It is not nice to stick such a lovely bike under my nose that is my size and you take a check. Mike told me you had this one. I need to go count my pennies now. Steven Willis The Bike Stand 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: The Maaslands
To: CR
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: [CR]2 Raulers (60.5 cm and 50 cm C/C) and Masi Prestige (51.5 cm


Masi sizing) for sale on ebay


>I have added three more bikes for sale on ebay last night.
>
> There are 2 Raulers, one big one at 60.5 cm C/C and a small one at 50 cm
> C/C. For those that are not familiar with the Rauler brand, it should be
> pointed out that Rauler was one of the subcontractors to Colnago. In
> fact teh name Rauler is a contraction of the names of the two founders
> of the company: RAUL and ERnesto. As Mark Poore will undoubtedly point
> out, being as he is one of the resident Rauler experts on the CR list,
> They were also responsible for many very special and trick Colnago
> frames. Ernesto has furthermore told me that Rauler also handled much of
> the pantographing for Colnago. Unfortunately, by the time I asked the
> new owner of the Rauler shop in Reggio Emilia if he had any left-over
> pantographed componentry, he said that it had all been pitched into the
> skip. He was only able to come up with one set of Colnago Mexico cranks,
> with panto'ed ring and massaged crank profile. I was however able to
> pick up the two Rauler bikes now offered on ebay.
>
> There is one for the larger riders (60.5 cm C/C frame)
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> has hardly been ridden. It has scratches to the paint in the seat tube
> and the left chainstay but otherwise is in very good shape.
>
> The there is a smaller one (50 cm C/C) that would make for a perfect
> ride for your better half.
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> my non-cycling neighbors come to look whenever I get new bikes in and of
> all the bikes that arrived with my latest shipment, this one and the
> Alberti are the ones that attracted the most attention. The baby blue
> appealed equally to the men and women. It has fancy internal cable
> routing of rear brake and gear cables.
>
> The third bike is Masi Prestige which is a 51.5 cm if you use Masi
> measurements or 50.5 cm C/C.
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ