Re: [CR]Vintage fixie, headbadges and track-end-travesties

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:50:58 -0800 (PST)
From: "jeffrey piwonka" <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Vintage fixie, headbadges and track-end-travesties
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <4748CDB6.9020703@os2.dhs.org>


i don't mind conversions but when the dremel comes out i get a little mad. http://ebay.com/<blah>

that's a good example. i sent a few messages to express my concern, and the kid didn't care one bit about how his "craftsmanship" on the braze ons and der. hanger were almost irreversible.

jeff piwonka
austin texas usa


--- John Thompson wrote:


> Julius Naim wrote:
>
> > I have no problem with vintage steels being used
> for fixed set-ups.
>
> I don't have a problem with this, either. What does
> bother me is when
> some nuovo-fixie convert decides to castrate a
> perfectly good road frame
> by hacking off the derailleur hanger and braze-ons
> to make it look
> "cooler" or something.
>
> --
> John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA
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