Damn' itchy trigger finger: **Here** be photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/BERTIN753/1958HERSE#
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Phil -- Very kind of you to post the admittedly horrible photo and clean > it up. Here be new and better photos. Damn' nice looking, if I may say so > myself -- but frankly, I think I'd prefer a nice, '70s/early '80s-style > "racing" bike with higher trail. > > Tho' it does fit perfectly .... > > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Philip Williamson < > philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> fyp >> >> http://www.biketinker.com/2011/fine-bikes/1958-rene-herse-for-sale/ >> I got a little carried away cleaning up the only photo I could find >> for it. :^) >> >> It's probably already sold, but it was fun puttering around with the >> picture, and I figured out an easy way to remove garage door handles >> from photographs. >> >> Philip >> >> Philip Williamson >> www.biketinker.com >> >> >> On Dec 16, 3:38 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Unfortunately, I need cash and, second, the Herse overlaps the Fargo >> > (touring) and trike (don't laugh -- coastie/gearie JRA and shopping.) >> > Randonees? If I ever do that, I'll worry about that then, not now. >> > >> > Jan opined that this bike might have been built for "diagonales" but >> while >> > it rides like a very nice all rounder, it is built of stout tubing and >> > ought to make a very nice touring bike for up to 32s with fenders. >> > >> > $2,500 plus actual shipping and packing by Bike Coop here in ABQ, NM. >> > >> > Photos and questions answered for the seriously interested, but general >> > description below. >> > >> > 60X57 c-c (fits me who am an Asian-type 5'10" -- by that I mean, fits me >> > perfectly -- I didn't even bother to adjust the bar when I got it from >> iBob >> > RS Watson; just adjusted the saddle). >> > >> > Newly POWDERCOATED in near-Herse blue -- frankly, although the original >> > paint was faded, I believe that this is a nicer -- slightly deeper and >> > shinier -- blue that the original may have been. The custom racks and >> frame >> > and two TA cages all powdered. >> > >> > The front rack has very likely been modified and a second story added; >> > works perfectly with the (included) Lafamu bar bag. >> > >> > I have had the left seatstay bottle dynamo tab and associated tt wire >> > guides ground off; I also had the tt-shift lever mount ground off but >> the >> > grinder left a little nub -- will explain. >> > >> > The rack, dt, chainstay and lower st wire guides are intact. >> > >> > Wheels are Mavic 36 with old style (steel centers) Phils; tires are 32 >> mm >> > Pasela Tourguards (or IRC Tandems, 30 mm, if you prefer). >> > >> > Rear 14-28 Shimano 5 speed (it looks very little used, but it does knock >> > lightly when pedaled). >> > >> > Simplex F and R derailleurs; can add a Huret Duopar for additional $$. >> > >> > Mavic Retrofriction down tubers. >> > >> > Simplex seatpost >> > >> > Turbo saddle >> > >> > NO PEDALS unless you want a pair of MKS Tourers with Christophe clips, >> no >> > straps. (I will include these at no add'l charge.) >> > >> > Brakes are Mavic cantilvers, non-touring length and I will add at least >> > most of a wheel's worth of Mavic Tandem Model cantis -- I think I lost a >> > spring. Matthauser pads. Note: I cannot make these brakes work like >> modern >> > brakes but they are in no way defective. >> > >> > Tektro aero levers. >> > >> > Stronglight headset. >> > >> > French 9 cm stem >> > >> > Beleri rando bars, I think they are 39/42 or so -- feel perfect to me. >> > >> > Sanyo bb dynamo >> > >> > IQ Fly headlamp >> > >> > Soubitez dynamo tail lamp with extra bulbs. >> > >> > VO rubber chain-slap protector (the stay has brazed on mounts for such a >> > protector). >> > >> > Stronglight 99 crankset, 42/46 double. >> > >> > BB assembly is a Taiwanese (I think) non-thread type (the bb shell is >> not >> > threaded) and sized for a double. I will add two more of these, NOS. VO >> > makes a bb bearing assembly that will fit, and I know at least one LBS >> that >> > carries such assemblies. >> > >> > Overall the bike is very good. No scratches -- the PC is new -- and all >> > bearings very smooth. BB generator is NOS. >> > >> > Lastly, I will include a matching set of Old School (= old; made from >> > cotton canvas and leather trim) Lafuma bags including a medium sized bar >> > bag that, with the two-story rack, mounts very nicely to the bar with >> > straps, and a rather hacked up but still very usable and very nice >> looking >> > pair of matchig, smallish rear panniers. I hacked these so that each >> straps >> > separately to the rack; originally they sort of draped -- they work >> better >> > now. >> > >> > Might, just might consider in part trade a nice, steel, classic road >> bike >> > like a RB-1 in a 57 or 58 in vg condition. >> > >> > -- >> > Patrick Moore >> > Albuquerque, NM >> > For professional resumes, contact >> > Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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