Originally Posted by
bigbossman
Sell them both, and buy that pristine 58cm Masi before I do.
I'm telling ya - once you go Italian, you'll never go back. Ditch the French stuff and move on - you saw who the girls were talking to on Saturday........
After you told her she smelled good and the waitress called me "the quiet one," I was out of ideas. You told me there was no competition on these rides! Ha! So you haven't bought the Masi yet?
Originally Posted by
cudak888
Get rid of the one that isn't the Peugeot, and dump it in a box addressed: "Cudak888's Metal Recyclery, Miami."
-Kurt
You'll then post photos of it restored and I'll have to buy it back from you for triple the price.
Originally Posted by
bikingshearer
Campy NR RD's don't just swap over to Simplex dropouts. The dropouts have to be tapped, at least. More trouble than it's worth, IMHO.
And no, PX-10s were not "good enough for Merckx." He rode them for a year or two because his contract demanded it. Later, in the 1969 Tour, he attacked Roger Pingeon, a TdF winner (1967, I believe) and Peugeot team leader on a descent, saying afterwards that he went in part because he remembered how the Pugs had descended. It was not meant as a compliment. I can assure that those bikes Eddy rode in his Faema, Faemino and Molteni years were not repainted and rebadged PX-10's.
On the bright side, Simplex plastic RDs make good, lightweight door stops and paperweights. Much easier to move to where needed than the much heavier Huret stuff.
Rich, I thought you loved the French bikes? Guess not
I guess if I had room, I'd keep them both. Maybe the answer is to buy a bigger place.
-Collin-