Hey Tom, cc List,
if it isn't a 100% period correct concours build, couldn't you get some silver 175mm Stronglight arms and rings and then have them stripped and anodized gold?
Geets
Kai Hilbertz Munich, Germany
On 10.03.2009, at 21:16, Thomas Adams wrote:
> Dear list:
>
>
> I need some sage counsel and advice....
> The buildup is featuring gold French parts. No tast
> eful restraint here! Note to friends: never, never, never buy one g
> old doo-dad and think you can walk away from it. You will slowly be
> driv
> en to try to acquire a full group. A Simplex rear mech was my
> gateway co
> mponent. You can't help yourself. Resistance is futile. I now ha
> ve gold pedals, gold Mafacs, gold Edco headset, gold Ambrosio rims
> (I'm too
> heavy for the Mavic ORO rims), gold Nitto bars, yellow Binda
> straps----.
> I think my downfall was that great Peugeot poster of Thevent
> winning th
> e '75(?) tour on the golden Pugeot PY10. Ah, what a lovely pic.
>
> http://us.st12.yimg.com/
>
> (BTW, anyone got a gold Simplex front derailleur and some (Ha Ha!)
> 175mm
> Stronglight Gold ano arms and rings? Oh, and I want a unicorn, a
> centau
> r and an honest politician to go with em, too.)...
> So help me out, folks. This isn't a period correct concours build...
> Whad
> dya think?
>
> Tom Adams
> Manhattan, KS