Please welcome Geof Gee to the vintage clan. Tonight he bought one of my favorite bikes: an Austro-Daimler Vent Noir, with first gen DuraAce kit. I really like that bike; it's the one I chose to take to L'Eroica a few years ago. Somehow, that D-A stuff just works better than the contemporary stuff from the Masters of Italy. Crisp and sure. And a really nicely finished and nice-riding day-riding frame, full 531 DB.
But, he'll respect, enjoy, and ride the heck out of her, and that's just great.
harvey sachs
mcLean va.