JPR is Jean Paul Routens of Grenoble. I have 2 of their lowered racks (F and R) that I purchased at Wheelsmith, Palo Alto, in the early '80s.
I might be interested in one in a 25.8mm.
Ken Wehrenberg, on the road in HOT TX
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> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:32:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Chris Kulczycki <chris@velo-orange.com>
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> I've been looking for NOS seat posts to sell at Velo Orange and have 4
> slightly odd samples that someone might be interested in:
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> An aluminum Simplex 1500 26.6mm- $32
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> A SR Royal Campy copy 26.8mm - $38
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> An Anpi Campy copy 27.2mm - $27 ( I can get more of these in various
> sizes)
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> A very strange French JPR two bolt 27.2mm - $27 (I can also get a few
> more of these in other sizes)
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> Does anyone know anything about JPR?
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>
> All have very minor shop wear, the JPR has a bit more than the others.
> Photo here (click to enlarge):
> http://www.velo-orange.com/
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> Chris
> http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/
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> Chris Kulczycki
> Velo Orange
> 109 Colonial Avenue
> Annapolis, MD 21401
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> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:32:19 -0700
> From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
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> Subject: RE: [CR]Was 753, now is stiffness desirable?
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> Add-on to my story of sprinters and the "psych-out factor":
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> First, I have to give credit to my employer at the time, Bill Davidson
> of Davidson Bicycles, for being the reason these top sprinters came to
> us in the first place, and for giving me such an excellent frameshop,
> materials and tools, and free rein to design and build the frames
> however I wanted. The bikes I mention here never said Davidson on them
> because of sponsorship conflicts - they always had the names of various
> other companies who paid to have their decals there. Davidson never
> was
> big enough to pay riders to ride his frames, though he supported and
> sponsored racers in other ways, probably still does.
>
> Now another story. Paul Swift finished second to Ken Carpenter at
> least
> a couple of times at Natz and must have got it in his head that the
> reason Ken was unbeatable was this bike I had built him. Finally Paul
> came to us for a sprint frame. He had us paint it a fade -- from
> silver
> to gold, get it?
>
> At the next national championships, Paul Swift finally won the gold.
> Making that six national sprint championships in a row on a frame I
> built, for anyone keeping score. Those were exciting times for me.
>
> Mark Bulgier
> Seattle WA USA
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