Ralph at Via Bicycles posted that he has a Legnano bit for sale, the sho
rt nose piece from the fender set for a chartreuse Legnano. I need the s
ame piece in plain alloy to complete a similar set for Frejus. I wouldn'
t want to strip that original Legnano paint, though I expect what's unde
rneath is identical. Anyone have one to sell--or trade--that is unpainte
d? I have two examples of the Frejus marque with Fenders, but only one o
f those short front sections.
No Pergolizzi, I didn't lose anything from your ex-Frejus; only acquired
more! Needed something that wasn't quite so clean so I could brave the
occasional squall if need be.
I bought the fenders through eBay, asked the seller to look around in ca
se the short section were floating around somewhere else in the attic, b
ut I could not quite get him to grasp that anything was missing from the
fenders.
It certainly is inconvenient, decades on, that these front fenders were
made in two sections. I believe I read the logic behind the design in th
is forum a few years back, but it escapes me at the moment. For those wh
o haven't seen this, the fenders--and I believe Cinelli were much the sa
me--have a separate tip, about 5 or 6 inches long, that is separable fro
m the rest of the front fender. Without this tip section, the fenders en
d bluntly under your headset / headtube / front brake area. The fenders
are a bit sculpted, so making a decent-looking substitute out of, say, t
he excellent Velo Orange fenders would not be too viable (no pun on Via
intended, ha ha)....
Cheers, and thanks,
Tom Ward, Brooklyn, NY [11218] USA
>3. Legnano Front fender piece. NOS, but has some signs that it has
been in a bicycle shop for the past 50 years. is that Chartreuse color
with red pin striping. $45