That Eisen doesn't look so bad either...it was repainted to clean it up.
Here's a question:
What If I were to bring an Eisen to Mr. Eisen, dead or alive, and say, "Do you mind hacking off the derailleur hanger, filing it smooth, and repainting?" And
then Mr. Eisen does exactly that and wishes me well...
Do we:
A. Shoot the owner. B. Shoot Mr. Eisen, or dig up the body, shoot it, and recompost. C. A and B D. Say "Congrats on a nice bike!" to all and move on with life.
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting billydavid13@comcast.net:
> Hi Nels, all. I'm w/ mrrabbit on this one. The bike can easily be switched
> back to a road bike when the fixie mania runs its course or all the hipsters'
> knees explode.The poor Eisenstraut, that Mike Howard outed is doomed to
> remain, at best, a path racer. You would not believe how many great and even
> unassuming but lovely old road frames get butchered because the one tool some
> idiot hipster can use [badly] is a hacksaw. And then there are any number of
> [freewheel] sinlglespeeds are built w/ just a front brake because it looks
> like a fixie. Manslaughter will look real cool on their rap sheets when the
> inevitable header occurs, i suppose. I build a fair number of ss/fixies and i
> tell everyone not to take a file to all those seemingly superfluous
> braze-ons.'cause when the fashion winds shift they're going to want 'em.
> Billy [i could just cry] Ketchum, Chicago, IL; USA.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mrrabbit@mrrabbit.net
> To: "Emilio Bozzi" <emiliobozzi@hotmail.com>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:40:39 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [CR] This is what happens when the "fixie" craze goes too far;
> Mondial on Ebay
>
> Very nicely done...very clean...restorable when sold again.
>
> ...don't quite get the angst here...
>
> If you don't like the way it is now...make the person an offer they can't
> refuse and save it.
>
> =8-)
>
> Robert Shackelford
> San Jose, CA USA
>
>
> Quoting Emilio Bozzi <emiliobozzi@hotmail.com>:
>
> >
> > To all my Fixie/single speed brethern, many positive vibes go out to your
> > stripped down simplified and purest approach to biking. Much to be
> > commended.
> >
> > On the other, when it goes so far as to rob a classic multi-speed steed of
>
> > its original purpose, I begin to wince.
> >
> > Here is an example of what I mean....and of course the fixie craze hit
> Europe
> > a long time ago as well.
> >
> > Â
> >
> > http://ebay.com/
> WUNDERSCHON_W0QQitemZ270390838493QQcmdZViewItemQQptZSport_Radsport_Fahrr%C3%
>
> A4der?hash=item3ef48cc4dd&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparmsf%3A4%7C65%3A10%
7C39%
>
> 3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A200
> >
> >
> > This Mondial is/was a very rare specimen with a tradition going back as far
>
> > as many of the great italian makers, but it looks like it has met an
> > ignominous fate.
> >
> > Oh well, Ride On. Ride On.
> > Nels Cone
> > Seattle WA
> >
> >
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