Re: [CR] e-Richie Touring on eBay

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:09:08 -0700
From: "Dale B. Phelps" <losgatos_dale@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Marc St. Martin" <marc.stmartin@earthlink.net>, <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] e-Richie Touring on eBay


Get the B&M, you stole that bike and can afford it!

Dale Phelps Montagna lunga Colorado USA

--- On Fri, 3/13/09, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrot e:

Yes, I won the bike.  Before eBay began disguising bidder ID's, this woul d have been obvious as my eBay name is jerrymoos.  I bought this bike che aper than I expected to.  There were a lot of bids, but not as high as I expected.  Not complaining, mind you, but I was surprised.  I find it h ard to believe that anyone would rather spend $7,000 on the 70th Anniversar y Paramount frameset we discussed recently than $1,500 on a complete Sachs touring bike.  Actually I find it hard to believe anyone would prefer the Paramount, even if the prices were the same.  But I suppose I am talking about two completely different groups of buyers.

I'd love to share notes.  I don't think Richie has built very many tourin g frames.

BTW, if you look closely, you will see this bike has a brazeon for a dynamo
   in front of the rightside chainstay. This means it will need a righthand d ynamo, which is unusual in the US.  Anyone know of a source for a rightha nd Spanninga dynamo?  Velo Orange sells the Spanninga, but they stock onl y lefthand.  The B&M dynamo is available in righthand, but it is a lot mo re expensive.  May have to go with it though, if I can't find a righthand
   Spanninga.