Re: [CR]maxicar hubs

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:34:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]maxicar hubs
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <533232.74327.qm@web30615.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


> > One of my favorite things about classic French
> > stuff is that I've often been able to buy it
> > dirt cheap because someone else didn't want to
> > deal with French dimensions.
>
> Same here. But sometimes the comments are just too silly.
> If the same parts were made in Italy (or even California),
> the same guys would swoon over them.

In response to myself, perhaps I should swoon over the $409 MaxiCar hubs. In any event, it seems that among Japanese collectors in particular, there are no longer any bargains to be found in French parts.
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)