Re: [CR] EBay Bernard Carre?

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:21:58 -0500
From: "Rodd Heino" <rodd.heino@gmail.com>
To: Greg Lone <gwlone@yahoo.ca>
Cc: classicrenezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] EBay Bernard Carre?

Hi Greg

http://reupee.free.fr/pictblog/carre/ Ran across the above Don't know about your bikes year, but it looks like he was a contractor for hire... Your bike has all the hall marks of decent quality and a really cool fork!

Hope that helps Rodd Heino Ottawa Canada

2009/11/16 Greg Lone <gwlone@yahoo.ca>
>
> Hi list, I just bought off EBay what is said to be a Bernard Carre frame
> set. It is item # 370288371200. I have a few questions for the French
> experts out there. Is this a genuine Carre? If so about which year? Which
> brand would it have originally be sold as? Did Bernard Carre sell bikes
> under his own name or were they always sold as something else? I have been
> considering adding something French to my collection for a while, but my
> only previous experience was with UO 8's and the like. I am a little nervous
> about the Carre identification as I was the only bidder on a fairly modest
> opening bid auction. I have gotten the impression over the last few years
> that Carre built bikes are fairly desirable so the low level of interest on
> this frame is somewhat alarming. I also gather that Carre frames can vary
> considerably in quality, if this is a Carre is it a poor quality one ?
> Thanks for any help.
> Greg Lone
> Langley B.C.
> Canada
>
>
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