Re: [CR] Ebay Outing

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:47:27 -0800
From: "Dan Kehew" <dan.kehew@gmail.com>
To: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [CR] Ebay Outing
In-Reply-To: <4785281E.503@blueyonder.co.uk>
References: <4785281E.503@blueyonder.co.uk>
cc: Classicrendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

> And for devotees of earlier
> English frames the Merlin road frame is really rather nice - the lugs
> are quite a cut above the ordinary...

Hilary, where's the serial number on that Merlin? Left rear dropout, perhaps? And if so, what is that number?

I'm still hoping against hope to ID the "Mystery British" bike seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclesalvation/sets/72157603271161355/ I do realize the similarities between so many British marques of the day, and the more specific differences between the bike you're offering and the one in hand. I keep thinking, though, that I'll be able to spot another bike of the era with the unusually placed stamp down on the dropout....

Thanks!

Dan Kehew
Davis, CA USA