Re: [CR]re:Galmozzi now Pog auction

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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:42:14 -0700
From: "John Vu" <john@jhvu.com>
To: "CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]re:Galmozzi now Pog auction
In-Reply-To: <4728BBE9.7050200@lexairinc.com>
References: <47289EB1.4020609@pacbell.net>


That person should be smacked for putting up a photo with the clamp-on aero bars attached!

Thanks, John

On 10/31/07, George Allen <jgallen@lexairinc.com> wrote:
> Similar situation on this Pog auction. The auction description states,
> "No breaks, no repairs on steel frame & forks - great condition for its
> age" but it's a repaint with braze-ons added. I e-mailed the seller
> because I was wary of the Zero feedback. He responded quickly with his
> phone number and his e-mail address and said he could provide additional
> pictures. He seems like a honest guy who's just trying to sell his dad's
> bike and has no idea that people exist who care if it's been repainted.
> I'm not familiar with early Pogs. Any Pog experts want to weigh in on
> this one. It doesn't look like late-1960's. The hub QR's are wrong, the
> crank is definitely modern and I'm pretty sure that Campy seat binder
> bolt wasn't around in 1969. And I've no idea what to make of those lugs.
> They sure aren't the simple Italian style with which I'm familiar.
>
> Ebay Item # 160173619417
> URL
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> George Allen
> Lexington, Ky
> USA

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