Norris has written at length about the French builder Carré and about his enviable record of building bikes for the pros. Well, if your interest has ben tickled by all of these reports, you have teh opportunity today to buy not only one but a pair of Carré bikes: a man's and a woman's version, with the man's version even being built out of Reynolds 753. The auction ends in 4 hours from now, so do check it out ASAP:
The men's bike is lugless 56 cm frame and the woman's bike is a lugged 53 cm frame. Th eseller will even accept paypal, unfortunately they request that the bikes be picked up in person.
In the following auction there is 1983 51 cm Masi Prestige being sold from Italy:
This bike looks close to mint. I was under the impression that this same bike was offered previously and sold but am not able to find back any record about it. This auction ends in about 21 hours.
Again for lovers of French bikes there is a lovely Alex Singer which I believe is being sold by a CR list member. The bike is a 50 cm C/T frame , so most definitely not for the taller rider. The bike does however have most of the fancy doo-dad accessories, so is worth a look. The auction ends in about 12 hours:
Then an auction that I would like to point out for the absolutely artistic quality of the photos:
This is not meant to downgrade the masters of bicycle photography like Ray Dobbins, but these photos, taken in the fall foliage simply speak to me. I suppose it also helps that the bike is also near perfect and a real beauty too. It is a 55 cm C/T Eddy Merckx with Super Record reduced gruppo. You can also tell that the owner has put a lot of thought into the bike, even going so far as to match up rims for the intended use, with a Mavic GEL 280 front rim and a sturdier Mavic 330 rim for the rear: a bit like in the old days when they would fit a 40 spoke rear wheel and a 32 spoke front. It is also cool to include a musette bag, a different size stem and super cool Eddy bar end plugs. If only I could shrink a few inches...
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
USA