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

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mario Confente frames/bikes - any unridden ones out there?
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:20:32 -0700
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John Jorgensen wrote:
> Chuck Schmidt wrote-
>
> See, this is kinda my point in a funny way John... how do you prove
> a cap has never been on a head. Or a bike has never been ridden.
>
> I thought you would like that. It will stay in its bag, about as
> useful as one of those Masi Gran Criterium water bottles still in
> its wrapper, fortunately it does not take up much space.
>
> John Jorgensen
> Palos Verdes Ca
>
> Where never ridden bikes just don't get me excited.

Boy ya got that right, John! Nothing beats a well cared for bike with the patina that occurs from normal use. In my opinion it just makes the bike glow! Never ridden bikes? Sad. They're like spinsters...

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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