I bought this bike today for something less than asking price. The seller is the original owner with his name nicely painted in script on the top tube. By the layers of dust on the bike, I'd say it's been storage for quite some time. It's a little tall for me but is a great bike so what the hell! Basically it's in good shape including most of the paint except for a 2-3 inch surface scratch on the top tube. In the next few days I'll post some pictures and details of the groupset, etc. The bike is stated to have been built in 1980, which I'd like to check out. I believe Dave Hartranft still lives in the greater Boston area - does anyone have any more information on him.
Bill Prouty Wellesley, MA, USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of earle.young tds.net Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:53 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR] Fwd: Interesting touring bike on Boston CL
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Earle "I worked in Cambridge then" Young Madison, Wisc.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: earle.young tds.net <earle.young@tds.net> Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 6:32 AM Subject: RE: [CR] Interesting touring bike on Boston CL To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Dave Hartranft painted many of Chris Chance's custom road frames during this period. He built a few frames on his own, and they were always well built. Unless it is totally beat to death, this bike should be grabbed up quickly; it's a rare treasure.
David Bean said:
>Seller sez: frame is reynolds 531 built by custom frame builder dave
>hartranft in cambridge ma yr of build 1980 24 in frame 700c wheels
>http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/bik/1340682201.html<http://boston.craigsli
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