Re: [CR]E-Bay Witcomb...damaged?

At 06:39 PM 07/12/2007 -0500, aldoross4 wrote:
> (Another answer from the seller's rep...
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA
>
> Dear bianchi,
>
>There have been quite a few questions about the condition
>of the frame of the bike, which is why I contacted my client
> (the current owner of the bike) to get a more detailed
>history of the bike. The fork is fine. That bend you see is
>actually supposed to be there. A few other interested
>buyers had the same questions about the frame due to the
>bends or dimples on the top and bottom tube near the
>handlebars. There is no cracked paint, weld marks, or any
>other cosmetic flaws that would lead me to believe that the
>bends are due to a front collision.

(Ref. eBay item 260190584900)

I don't know. Looking at the picture with the handlebars http://www.e-sell-arkansas.com/bke33.jpg there is a distinct change in angle between the top tube and its head lug. That seems to me to be an very unorthodox way to build a frame. I thought the normal thing to do if the head lug angle wasn't correct was to work on the lug, not tweak the tube. Holding a protractor up to the screen on the full side view I see a head angle of about 80°. The fork may be bent back a touch also because back of the fork legs are in line with the head tube, but not the front, so the centre line of the straight section is steeper than the steerer.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada