[CR]RE: What diameter seatpin for Eisentraut A Model?

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

From: "Earle Young" <earle.young@tds.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:18:51 -0500
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Subject: [CR]RE: What diameter seatpin for Eisentraut A Model?

Ben S. said (in part) > Eisentraut was known to often mix tubing gauges in his frames, so there isn't likely a "standard" seatpost
> size.
> Early editions of Sutherland's Handbook for Bicycle Mechanics used to devote a whole page to just this:

"One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions."

Enough said.

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