Re: [CR]Legnano seat binder

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

From: "aldoross4" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: phuyghe@comcast.net, Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Legnano seat binder
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:55:37 -0500


I have pics of both styles in the Legnano photo album on wooljersey:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/tosort_001/Legnano/?g2_page=14

Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA

----- Original Message Follows -----
From: phuyghe@comcast.net
To: Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>,
classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Legnano seat binder
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:22:09 -0700


> http://www.flickr.com/photos/27880623@N05/

>

> Great to see all our friends.

>

> Keith Anderson

> Keith Anderson Cycles

> 222 N. Marble Dr.

> Grants Pass, OR 97526

> 541-471-4114

> http://www.keithandersoncycles.com

>

>

> _______________________________________________


> rs with no problems.

> The only NOS seatpost binder bolt I have seen on ebay was

> the newer style that looked like a modern campy style with

> a clean ground out section in the middle that looked like

> it was ground out on a bench grinder at the factory before

> being chromed. The grain of the grinder marks showed the

> grinding wheel was going the long way on the binder bolt,

> not the crosscut direction. I hope this explaination is

> clear enough to understand.

> I also have the wedge style that was described in another

> email. I am not a fan of this style as it looks too crude

> for my personal taste.

> Please let me know if you reproduce the campy style as I

> am in the process of restoring this Legnano Pista that I

> consider my most valuable and beloved bicycle that I own .

> For the record I am the original owner of a 1973 Peugeot

> PX10 , a 1988 Eddy Merkx Corsa SLX, and 2003 Lemond Zurich

> (Reynolds Pro 853 Tubing) as well as the second owner of

> the above mentioned Legnano and a Gios Torino Pista bike

> circa 1974 (NR/SR all original).

> I hope this helps you out. If you need more info or

> pictures I will do my best to help out as much as

> possible.

>

> Love My Legnano.

> Thanks

> Philip Huyghe

>

> -------------- Original message --------------

> From: Mark Stonich <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>

>

> > Does anyone have a photo of the Legnano seat binder,

> > separate from the frame? I've been asked to create one.

> >

> > I've only seen one other Legnano and it was missing the

> > binder. This one was "repaired" by someone who arc

> > welded a steel plate to the side of the lug and used a

> > large bolt as a set screw. Not for the squeamish.

> > http://bikesmithdesign.com/temp/Legnano.jpg I tried to

> buy it from it's owner, a kid about 16. But he said it had

> > been in his family since new. It appeared to have all

> > of the original equipment, or at least period correct.

> >

> > Are these available anywhere? If I made more would

> > anyone want them?

> > Mark Stonich;

> > BikeSmith Design & Fabrication

> > 5349 Elliot Ave S. - Minneapolis. MN 55417

> > Ph. (612) 824-2372 http://bikesmithdesign.com

> > http://mnhpva.org

> >

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