On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM, David Bean <beandk@rcn.com> wrote:
> http://boston.craigslist.org/
>
> Can anyone ID the maker of this bike? Should I jump on it?
>
Probably made by Miyata or one of the other big Japanese houses, but definitely not a 3Rensho.
For starters it's about 10 years too new, but the 3Renso frames were always painted bright red with Campy dropouts. The fork crown on this is similar but not quite 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?
>
The wear is from exactly the opposite -- the rim isn't wavy at all anymore :)
Fred Blasdel
Seattle, WA