Alex Singer info needed....
My neighbor supposedly has a Singer for sale but its been repainted and has no decals. I've done the appropriate 'searches' and think I have a general idea of what to look for as far as 'Singer' identifiers.
Does anyone know Singers serial number format and location. I did find a picture on CR with a fork end # number location. Anything else I should look for? TIA, Jim |
Jim,
I'd contact Jan H. (publishes Bicycle Quarterly) on CR list. He or Alexander M (also on CR list) seem to be the Singer aficionados. Marty |
Originally Posted by lotek
(Post 7150438)
Jim,
I'd contact Jan H. (publishes Bicycle Quarterly) on CR list. He or Alexander M (also on CR list) seem to be the Singer aficionados. Marty Thanks for the info.. I'm out of luck, he sold it. Why couldnt he have waited until I got out of work at noon? Jim |
Originally Posted by miamijim
(Post 7150713)
Thanks for the info.. I'm out of luck, he sold it. Why couldnt he have waited until I got out of work at noon?
-Kurt |
yah just wait for the CR list post of the great deal someone got on a Singer. . .
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Or perhaps more satisfying, that the someone who got there first bought what they thought was an Alex Singer without decals or identifying marks - but that turned out instead to be a repainted Alec Sanger, a little-known Lichtensteiner bike made entirely of Estonian gaspipe stuffed with eiderdown, early 60s Bulgarian components carved from the smelted razor blades of the kommisariat and a wheelset taken from the dray rig of a Latvian milkman.
Might help miamijim ease the pain to think of it that way. |
Originally Posted by lotek
(Post 7150927)
yah just wait for the CR list post of the great deal someone got on a Singer. . .
Or, no self congrats, just an offer to sell for nice money by someone. |
More likely is that the frameset only will soon be up on eBay by one of the CR crew who shall remain nameless (with the components gradually parted out over time, too).
Neal |
I hear where you guys are coming from. He sold if for $500. It had Campy derailleurs and shift levers, Phill Wood hubs and pedals, and Stronglight light cranks.
I was ready......... Jim |
Originally Posted by miamijim
(Post 7151985)
I hear where you guys are coming from. He sold if for $500. It had Campy derailleurs and shift levers, Phill Wood hubs and pedals, and Stronglight light cranks.
I was ready......... Jim Neal |
I have had one for 38yrs, but, have seen few others. The ser# on the left rear dropout.
Lugs. http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons003.jpg Fork crown stamped A. Singer http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons002.jpg Under BB cable guides, on this model,1970. http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons004.jpg Brazing, dropouts, http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons005.jpg Good luck! |
Originally Posted by HDFACTORYCERTIF
(Post 7153009)
I have had one for 38yrs, but, have seen few others. The ser# on the left rear dropout.
Lugs. http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons003.jpg Fork crown stamped A. Singer http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons002.jpg Under BB cable guides, on this model,1970. http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons004.jpg Brazing, dropouts, http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u...razeons005.jpg Good luck! Beautiful bike!!! also beautiful tele, you must be a fan of keef, also I dig the Hiwatt. we have similar tastes. |
Well, I cant play good so I play loud! My favorite Tele is the 68 with the Bassman amp in the photos.
Don |
This was a recent ebay Singer, Lugs are not quite like earlier bikes, but interesting anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alex-Singer-1984...QQcmdZViewItem Don |
Originally Posted by HDFACTORYCERTIF
(Post 7153755)
Well, I cant play good so I play loud! My favorite Tele is the 68 with the Bassman amp in the photos.
Don |
Originally Posted by HDFACTORYCERTIF
(Post 7156709)
This was a recent ebay Singer, Lugs are not quite like earlier bikes, but interesting anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Alex-Singer-1984...QQcmdZViewItem http://www.cyclart.com/photos/Ebay/s...1/serialno.jpg -Kurt |
singers on the CR site: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/Singer_home.htm
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