Re: [CR] on eBay: Gios fork crown "coin"

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From: <hersefan@comcast.net>
To: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>, "classic rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] on eBay: Gios fork crown "coin"
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:43:44 +0000


Perhaps the "coin collectors" of Gios know better, but doesn't Excel Sports in Boulder have these for sale on a regular basis?

And are the Excel ones MS-65 or perhaps available in a Proof version? And are there outside companies that can certify and seal your Gios coins?

Mike "coin collector talking" Kone in Boulder CO


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From: Mark Bulgier

> I suppose if a Gios owner out there is missing just one of his coins,

\r?\n> this is going to make his day:

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\r?\n> http://ebay.com/<blah>

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\r?\n> For those who don't know, it's a decorative molded plastic cap that fits

\r?\n> into a special matching space in the top of the fork crown, on a limited

\r?\n> range of Gios frames. Each crown gets two, but this auction is for one

\r?\n> only.

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\r?\n> When was that anyway - late 70s-early 80s maybe? This picture from '77

\r?\n> might show a coin, but the angle isn't good enough to tell:

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\r?\n> http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/gios77/3.jpg

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\r?\n> Mark Bulgier

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\r?\n> Seattle WA USA