[CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:53:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli

Unlike certain Cinellis, this bike

http://ebay.com/<blah> (eBay item #140118738931)

will not ever make it into New York's Museum Of Modern Art. I doubt it could even be displayed amongst the exposed plumbing at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

But that is its beauty. E.g. compare the sheet metal fitting for the seat post binder (and the fitting for the rear derailleur cable) to similar pieces found on your average Italian object of worship.

Are you man enough (or should we just say "cyclist enough") to ride such a frame? I assume it's totally devoid of Bondo. Yet similar frames were good enough to win the Tour de France...
     Cheers,
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)