Re: [CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 20:27:25 +0000 (GMT)
From: <gholl@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli
In-reply-to: <245746.68515.qm@web30612.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
To: Fred Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
References: <245746.68515.qm@web30612.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Dear Mr. Rednor: Whatever the merits of this bike's construction, considering the head-badge which appears to be from the disgraceful "Sambo" school of racial incorrectness, I doubt this bike would be displayed anywhere in any museum either in France or the US. Perhaps it's best relegated to the obscurity in which it has so long and so richly remained. Cordially, George Hollenberg MD


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Rednor"
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 03:53:00 -0000
Subject: [CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


> Unlike certain Cinellis, this bike
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> http://ebay.com/<blah>
> (eBay item #140118738931)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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)
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George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA