Re: [CR] WTB: 1 1/8" threaded headset parts for tandem

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:33:44 -0500
From: Ancient Cycles <ancientcycles@gmail.com>
To: oroboyz@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] WTB: 1 1/8" threaded headset parts for tandem


thanks guys,

I forgot that Wayne might even still have some of this stuff in stock... I did chat with him about the bike when I first acquired it, but I guess that was before I got down and dirty into the rebuild...

andrei padlowski brooklyn, ny

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:54 AM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> Andrei:
>
> Did you contact VeloClassique? (http://www.veloclassique.com/)
>
> This is the company of Wayne Bingham, esteemed CR list member, organizer
> of Le Cirque and purchaser of Mel Pinto Imports, the last USA importer of
> Urago, etc. At one time they had French tandem headsets for sale....
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ancient Cycles <ancientcycles@gmail.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 10:46 am
> Subject: [CR] WTB: 1 1/8" threaded headset parts for tandem
>
> I have a vintage tandem project (Mel Pinto Special but maybe Urago built)
> with a damaged lower headset race.. so I am seeking complete headsets or
> only the lower parts (cup + crown race).
> original headset seems similar to Stronglight but is unmarked.
> the bike is French threaded but i guess that dimension is not important if
> only replacing the lower races, as long as it's 1 1/8 inch..
>
> or was the metric size something like 32mm ?? is a french thread tandem
> headset a wild goose chase ?
>
>
> let me know what you've got
> Andrei Padlowski
> Brooklyn, NY
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