Re: [CR]eBay Colnago...is it real?

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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:35:22 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
From: "Marc St. Martin" <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Colnago...is it real?


Hello Listmembers,

Thanks to all of you who responded. You are very informative group. I think I'll hold onto my wallet this time!

Marc St. Martin Livermore, CA USA

-----Original Message-----

>From: Fred Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>

>Sent: Jun 25, 2008 7:17 AM

>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Colnago...is it real?

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>Funny - when I looked at the auction's photos, my first thought was something like "What do you know, a Colnago build in France!" :-)

> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)

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>--- On Tue, 6/24/08, Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:

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>> From: Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com>

>> Subject: Re: [CR]eBay Colnago...is it real?

>> To: marc.stmartin@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 11:24 PM

>> I? think it's a fake... That fork has a Nervex crown,

>> lugs look all wrong, cutouts look "OFF".

>> Something is wrong here....

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>> Dale Brown

>> cycles de ORO Bike Shop

>> 1410 Mill Street

>> Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA

>> 336-274-5959

>> http://cyclesdeoro.com

>> http://www.classicrendezvous.com

>> http://www.carolinacup.com

>> http://www.greensborovelo.com

>> http://www.bikegso.org

>> http://nbda.com

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>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Marc St. Martin <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net>

>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>> Sent: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 9:49 pm

>> Subject: [CR]eBay Colnago...is it real?

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>> Hello Listmembers,

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>> I think I'm hallucinating, but there's this

>> 'Nago on eBay with Reynolds 531

>> tubing. Also the seat stays look odd (suspect)? The lugs

>> look well finished and

>> the paint is sparing applied. Also, the seller has been

>> around for some time and

>> I have no reason to suspect him. Any comments?

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>> http://ebay.com/<blah

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>> My '75 Colnago is looking for a companion.

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>> Marc St. Martin

>> Livermore, CA

>> USA