Re: [CR] Eisentraut Limited with Nervex Lugs?

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:27:31 -0500
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Larry Osborn" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR] Eisentraut Limited with Nervex Lugs?


Greetings campers

Been ogling Limited frames since I purchased mine in 75. Long point lugs or Nervex were the two options that were presented to me by the dealer (Champaign Cycle, Champaign IL) from the frames that Turin (Chicago IL ) had in stock at the time. (So we all know what I did with my hard earned tuition money for THAT semester.). Yes, there were cutouts in the Nervex head lugs too, at least the ones I've seen. The Nervex lugs and "touring" frame seem to be a standard combination. Some form of brazed-on rear rack attachments on the seat stays were on every Limited I've ever seen that has the Nervex lugs. I've never seen the rack braze-ons on frames with the long point lugs. No idea if the "touring" frame actually had a different geometry from the other style frames. Still searching for a 58cm "touring" frame to compare to my long point frame. If anybody wants to compare measurements (or sell their frame), I'll measure mine. I've always been curious.

Larry Osborn Bruceton Mills, West Virginia - USA


>In the 1970s one of the LBS in Albuquerque, NM was affiliated with the
>Turin group which was a national buying cooperative based out of
>Chicago??? As I
>understood it at the time, Turin was promoting Eisentraut frames and their
>affiliates supposedly had an exclusive on them.
>
>The shop kept a few Eisentraut Limited frames in stock plus at least one of
>the top of the line models. I remember the Limited frames with both long
>point Prugnat lugs and short point non-fancy Nervex lugs with small cutouts.
>They may have even had one or two frames with fancy Nervex lugs.
>
>But to answer your question, here's a link to pictures of an Eisentraut
>Limited Touring frame with fancy Nervex lugs and fender eyes on the dropouts.
>
>http://ashski.googlepages.com/someofthelugsteelbikesinthestable2
>
>Chas. Colerich
>Oakland, CA