<< ...the bike strikes me as more a path racer in the British sense. It has track ends with a derailleur hanger, is drilled for brakes (both fork and brake bridge), and has what appears to be holes in the top tube for cable routing. >>
Hi Marty: Based upon those pictures, I would guess that this bike was initially a pur sang track bike and then was (rather poorly) converted to a road or time trial usage.
Evidence (things I cannot imagine the Herse works would have done): - the Huret rear hanger was brazed on and damaged the plating. - the rear brake hole is drilled off center in the bridge. - the holes in the top tube have no brazed in reinforcement bits, etc.
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Marty Eison <meison01@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 8:58 am Subject: [CR]Herse Piste on Ebay, questions
While doing my daily ebay slog, I found the following frame:
It is described as a Herse Track/Pista frame but I'm not so sure thats what it really is. The bike strikes me as more a path racer in the British sense. It has track ends with a derailleur hanger, is drilled for brakes (both fork and brake bridge), and has what appears to be holes in the top tube for cable routing. As I don't want to get into (or dredge up) the whole Herse issue that we beat to death last month could someone enlighten me as to what this is? One further question, if I may, did Herse make true Piste bikes? I've seen randonneur and racing models but never a piste bike.
Marty Eison
Frisco, Texas USA