Re: [CR]Re: ebay auction... "ALCYON 1930" .. why no bids?

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:40:40 +0000
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: Tam Pham <terminaut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: ebay auction... "ALCYON 1930" .. why no bids?
References: <09B77885-3D3C-482B-96CB-73E5E406B095@socal.rr.com> <8C8FE248F340DC3-1158-740D@mblk-r16.sysops.aol.com> <b27bc5c00701041034x65908ed0ladc6c7025f47b3cf@mail.gmail.com>
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cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I think this is a much later, probably post WWII, Alcyon blue - I am sure Norris would have a better idea but the pre-war Alcyons I have seen have a blue similar to the bike on auction.

regards

Hilary Stone, Bristol, England

Tam Pham wrote:
> That paint job is not correct. The "famous blue ALCYON" the seller
> refers to
> looks like this:
>
> http://www.chainedrevolution.com/images/bikes/misc/alcyon.jpg
>
> Quite a difference in appearance.
>
> Tam Pham
> Huntington Beach, CA
>
>
>
> On 1/4/07, oroboyz@aol.com <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is pure opinion of course, but I think this bike is a perfect
>> example
>> where a restoration process somehow robs much of the soul of a bike.
>>
>> I personally am just not attracted to that bike aesthetically, nor
>> does it
>> seem to convey a sense of it's heritage or character in that paint
>> job. Not
>> sure what should have been done; that very well could have been it's
>> original color, and if it were severely distressed, it may well have
>> had to
>> be refinished... but the result is not good IMHO.
>>
>> Dale Brown
>> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: x76911s@socal.rr.com
>> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 3:29 AM
>> Subject: [CR] ebay auction ending soon-CYCLE TRACK "ALCYON 1930" -
>> VINTAGE
>> - NOS - RARE
>>
>> By the time anyone reads this the auction will be over,
>> I don't know anything about the bike. Question is...
>> Why, with 4.30 hours left, are there no bids on this?
>>
>>
>> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>>
>> if link doesn't work it is item # 110074564764
>>
>> John Waner
>> Huntington Beach, CA.
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