It's mine now!
 

I don't need another frame. I can't justify buying this one on any rational basis. But I did it anyway.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5224&rd=1&rd=1

Yeah, it needs some touching up, but those smooth, clean Ron Cooper lines are soooooo pretty . . . . :love:

No need to justify, just ENJOY! :D

Hey - post a pic, wouldja? some of us can't hit eBay at work. Jeeezzzzzzz........ :rolleyes:

You'll just have to wait till you get home, here's a teaser:
http://uci.net/~brennan/a-rc9.jpg

Hey - I know someone that's looking for a chrome fork....... :)

What kind of parts you want to hang on it? Maybe I can help you out...... ;)

That fork looks like it would work for Kurt, and I sure would be willing to cut and thread it to size for the Rossin. I have some extra NOS Campagnolo laying around to trade.

Get back to work now, bigbossman!

In fact, not only is it a beautiful fork, it looks identical to a Guerciotti fork minus the pantographing. Wonder if Mr. Cooper has any spares ;)

-Kurt

C'mon bigbossman, you know I'm about as computer-savvy as a banana slug. But here is another teaser (and thanks for the assist, Old Fat Guy). Also, I think that fork needs to stay right where it is. :p As for stuff to hang on it, I'll probably move the ecclectic collection of stuff currently hanging on my Y2K Lemond Zurich, which I think just became surplus. Anyone interested? 61cm c-t.

VERY classy frame. That fork has BLING! Congratulations.

What are your plans for components?

Thanks, Stan. Coming from you, that's quite a compliment. Ron Coopers have been on my short list of Most Lustworthy Frames for a long, long time. It was pure serendipity that I even saw this one listed, much less that I actually got it for a price I could pay. As for the fork, yeah, it's a thing of beauty. It isn't what made the deal for me, but it sure as shootin' didn't hurt.

Probably cannabalize the strange assortment of stuff I have currently hanging on a Y2K Lemond Zurich. It's not like I have a big budget to work with, and I'm not interested in having a museum piece - this baby is going to be ridden. I may try to work out a trade or two with bigbossman for an item or two, though . . . . :D

Yeah - but he's probably gonna hang a rucksack off the back, and slap on some plastic fenders and stuff to ugly it up. :p

The "rucksack" (actually a Rivendell Banana Bag) will likely make an appearance on the Cooper, but not fenders. The Cooper gets the sleek, smooth look. The Paramount gets the bells and whistles. :D

So build it already! I wanna see what it looks like in my rear view mirror..... :D

Speaking of which....you don't call, you don't write - I don't think you love me anymore. When are we gonna go for another ride?

Oh how I know that feeling well. I am a sick, sick man . . .:p

Someone on here probably just sold this to me.;)

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...obJackson2.jpg

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...obJackson1.jpg

Laws of physics being what they are, it's a little tough for me to build it up until the frame is actually delivered to me. As for you seeing it in your rear-view mirrior, the only that'll happen is when I'm riding circles around you. :D

And if you believe that . . . .

I'm trying to be discreet. I don't want your wife, daughter and dog to get suspicious. :eek:

Oh, sure, try to trump me pretty British Ron Cooper with a pretty British Bob Jackson. Just be that way. :p

But seriously, that's a great loking frame. My first significant purchase with my first paycheck from my first job out of high school was a brand new Bob Jackson frame. Red it was, with a white head tube and a white panel on the seat tube, block letter (insteadt of the slanted letters, as yours has) and chrome fork ends and stay ends. :love: I bought in 1975 it from Stones Cyclery in Alameda (still there, still dealing in really nice stuff) for the then-lordly sum of $170. Somebody stole it out of my garage not quite 20 years later. :mad: I still miss it . . . .