Eagle-eyed Dale Brown wrote:
Am I seeing what I think I see on this bike's RH chain stay- to-rear drop out brazed joint? (has come apart?)
Ebay item #390000216217
(But nice job making the barke cables "aero".....!)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'm dead certain of it. BUT, 1) I think the seller/lister is to be highly commended for all the photos, which sure gave me a pretty good sense of condition. A careful observer would have no surprises, I bet (which is nice protection for seller?) OTOH, I wish s/he had been careful enough or knowledgeable enough to call this out in the description. If pigs had wings...
2) It is the first such failure I've heard about, but my experience is limited. Under the Schwinn family's ownership, they did replace the top tube of my chromed '65 Paramount when it cracked, which was apparently not too uncommon. They did it with grace, and gave me my choice of factory colors. That warranty repair, free, might possibly have been one of the last: just after, they entered bankruptcy for the first time. I don't think that I caused the bankruptcy.
harvey sachs
mcLean va