Easthill delivers the mixte
04-13-08, 07:14 PM
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Easthill delivers the mixte
Had a really nice visit with Easthill today as she delivered the mixte. My wife is thrilled and we got an added surprise when Caterham showed up with his De Rosa (I want one now) anyway it was great and many thanks to Easthill and to Bigbossman for the great frame its gonna be sweet 
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04-13-08, 07:44 PM
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I should mention that I came over direct from riding 61 miles in the Daffodil Classic! What a great way to accomplish a nice full day 
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04-13-08, 10:49 PM
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Glad you're satisfied with the frame-set! A little credit where credit is due..... BlankCrows originally found the frame - that boy has an eye for digging through junk and coming up with the goods. Must be the keen eye of the crow, always on the lookout.
He lacks the tools and stand to build up a frame, so it came to be in my possession. Because I was lacking a fork I set it aside for the time being, and a beat-up donor ladies Schwinn World Sport landed on my doorstep a scant week before you made your desires known. Turns out, the fork on the Schwinn was a perfect size match for the frame, and since you were going to powdercoat the whole thing anyway I transfered the headset and fork over to the Univega.
I'm happy it found a good home, and I really can't wait to see the build progress. what color are you going to powdercoat it?
He lacks the tools and stand to build up a frame, so it came to be in my possession. Because I was lacking a fork I set it aside for the time being, and a beat-up donor ladies Schwinn World Sport landed on my doorstep a scant week before you made your desires known. Turns out, the fork on the Schwinn was a perfect size match for the frame, and since you were going to powdercoat the whole thing anyway I transfered the headset and fork over to the Univega.
I'm happy it found a good home, and I really can't wait to see the build progress. what color are you going to powdercoat it?
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04-13-08, 11:37 PM
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Looks to be a perfect fit!
04-14-08, 03:29 AM
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Community colaboration and generosity can't be beat! Hey I preached about that yesterday!
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It's nice to see bike forums generosity from coast to coast. The Univega's almost Seahawk's colors as a bonus (you'll have to make the fork green)
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04-14-08, 06:34 AM
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BBM Its going to be a shade of green that I don't know if it even exists. My wife sews and quilts and embroiders (her main obsession) she has a spool of thread in a shade of green she tells me "thats the color I want" Or as close as we can get, so we are going to make the rounds of the local powdercoat shops and see what we can come up with. That and the hopefully pink saddle if it fits her and the pink cable housing I have scored will set this bike off like the 4th of July we think. Pictures as things develop
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BBM Its going to be a shade of green that I don't know if it even exists. My wife sews and quilts and embroiders (her main obsession) she has a spool of thread in a shade of green she tells me "thats the color I want" Or as close as we can get, so we are going to make the rounds of the local powdercoat shops and see what we can come up with.
By the time you're done, there won't be a powder coater within a fifty mile radius who will be speaking to, or be willing to do business with, you.
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Some of you old-timers might recall a movie called "Mister Blandings Builds His Dream House".
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Better yet it found a home with a forum member. Stringbreaker, looking forward to how the powdercoat job and the build will turn out!
04-14-08, 07:08 PM
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Thanks, it's not just me but my four feathered friends' birds-eye views make searching easier when I can get get their attention (They do have a certain passion for semi-dried out french fries found in parking lots.) When I discovered the Univega I knew well enough that a smallish mixte frame belonged with BBM, as he has that rabid Bay Area co-ed clientelle that needs to be satisfied.
Better yet it found a home with a forum member. Stringbreaker, looking forward to how the powdercoat job and the build will turn out!
Better yet it found a home with a forum member. Stringbreaker, looking forward to how the powdercoat job and the build will turn out!
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04-15-08, 09:19 AM
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BlankCrows -> bigbossman -> East Hill - > stringbreaker -> ?
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Thanks, it's not just me but my four feathered friends' birds-eye views make searching easier when I can get get their attention (They do have a certain passion for semi-dried out french fries found in parking lots.) When I discovered the Univega I knew well enough that a smallish mixte frame belonged with BBM, as he has that rabid Bay Area co-ed clientelle that needs to be satisfied.
Better yet it found a home with a forum member. Stringbreaker, looking forward to how the powdercoat job and the build will turn out!
Better yet it found a home with a forum member. Stringbreaker, looking forward to how the powdercoat job and the build will turn out!
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Hmmm, hey String! she decorates, you do the grunt work, she's handy with a wrecking bar, bathrooms and kitchen.... MEET AND GREET AT MY HOUSE!!!
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At this point in our almost completed renovation of the money pit I don't think you would be able to afford us
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