Re: [CR] Dave Tesch built Specialized "Team" Allez

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:30:25 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <289420.48602.qm@web82202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Dave Tesch built Specialized "Team" Allez


Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Wow, I, like others, knew of the 3Rensho-built Allez, but I didn't
> know Dave Tesch bult them as well. But one of the photos on the
> forum link shows an Allez Team with a TT decal with Dave's signature,
> so that's pretty definitive evidence. Does your bike have the Tesch
> signature decal? I have a Tesch-badged Tesch and the workmanship is
> second to none. Mine has a very slender full-sloping fork crown that
> almost looks like a unicrown from 20 ft away. Although I hate
> unicrowns, I came to really like the Tesch crown on closer
> inspection. What crown does your Allez Team have?

Is it this Takahashi crown? http://os2.dhs.org/~john/takahashi-crown.jpg

Tesch was the importer for these for a while.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA