Re: [CR] 3 Rensho Allez?

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:04:16 -0700
From: "Chuck Hoefer" <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net>
To: Jim Merz <jameshmerz@gmail.com>
References: <PLEDLMNNAFGCJOAIICLBAEBOEPAA.beandk@rcn.com> <AANLkTilLSYqruwsBRNguuCBjkN26brjYQveApXJfQvIC@mail.gmail.com>
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Cc: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, beandk@rcn.com
Subject: Re: [CR] 3 Rensho Allez?


Jim Merz wrote:
> I don't know what this frame is. Not even sure it is a Specialized, for sure
> it was not made by Yoshi. Looks really bad to me.
>
> Jim Merz
> Big Sur CA
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, David Bean <beandk@rcn.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Boston CL...
>>
>> http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/bik/1779875345.html
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>> Can anyone ID the maker of this bike? Should I jump on it?
>>
>> Also note the interesting wear pattern on the rear rim. It seems to be
>> related to the spokes. Could the rim be ever-so-slightly wavy from too
>> much
>> spoke tension?
>>
>> David Bean
>> Arlington, MA USA
>> beandk at are-see-enn dot com
>>
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> We sold a few of those Speialized bikes from that era. I remember being told that Mark DiNucci had designed them. They must have used some pretty thin tubing because out of the small number we sold, a few of them broke. I think it was mostly chainstays and seat tubes that broke. Chuck Hoefer Pacific Coast Cycles Oceanside, California