I'd love to help Nick, but my Cheval Blanc '47's are both magnums, and won' t fit, otherwise I'd have gladly sent you them. It looks like we'll have t o use them for Sangria, as we did with the '47 Petrus; it's fine, as long a s you use plenty of lemonade.
Whilst on the subject, do you know who made GB handlebar plugs? I've been having a conversation with a cycling friend, who swears that they were made by GB in England, but I'm equally sure that they were French.
Neil Foddering
Weymouth, Dorset, England
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:20 +0200
> From: nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]WTB 1947 Cheval Blanc corks
>
> Living over here in France, I see bikes in "as found" condition, which of
course reflects "as used" condition. I guess that a lot of people in other
countires only get to see our bikes once "put right" by dealers.
>
> The first conclusion I can draw is that people most definitely rode thi
r saddles very low back in the 60's and before, say two to four cm out of t
ube at the most. If at all, often the saddle is sitting on the top tube. Th
ey also rode with the bar stems "dangerously" high by todays standards, jus
t a few cm inserted into the steerer tube. I don't know if one should infer
from this that they rode bigger frames proportionatly to rider size, or if
pedal stroke was shorter. This info because I've seen the question asked o
n this list: "how far out did they ride their saddles?".
>
> To get to the point, a whole load of bikes didn't have bar plugs. They
came with wine bottle corks. As I'm restoring a c. 1947 bike that I got wit
h shot corks, I was wondering if any list member has some spare 1947 Cheval
Blanc corks. I'd need a matching pair. Lafite would be acceptable at a pin
ch. You can mail me the full bottles, I'll dispose of the contents, use the
corks, and return you the empties.
>
> Nick March, Agen, 4700, Lot et Garonne, France
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