For your viewing pleasure, may I present my latest addition to the fold - a 1978 Eisentraut "A" frame. I bought it few months ago and had it repainted by Ed Litton. Not the best photos in the world, and my camera does not begin to capture the real color (it's significantly lighter and brighter and less blue than it appears in the shots), but you'll get the idea.




Note the cable guides and the "E", all part of the bottom bracket shell casting. An Eisentraut trademark.


Check out the great seat stay joint, the lug filing and the cool pump peg.


I still think this style of downtube decal is on the very, very short list for the coolest bicycle graphic ever.


This is the closest to the true color I could get, at least according to my monitor. This still doesn't quite capture it, though, either the sade of green or the sparklines (if that's a word).


Look, Ma - no hole in the bottom of the fork crown.



This is more or less the shade it was when I got it - silverish but with a greenish tinge. Kind of like I get when I'm feeling seasick. Not my fave. Plus, the decals were kind of beat up and the paint job had a fair number of nicks and scratches. Not bad for an obviously well-used 1978 frame, but, combined with everything esle, enough to convince me to spring for the repaint.