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11-24-04 | 12:19 PM

46x17

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My new frame

Greetings! This is my new frame. Will pick it up in Switzerland over Christmas. Total cost ended up being $121. Will post nicer pics once I get my hands on it. Don't know much about it except that it is German custom steel.

11-24-04 | 12:42 PM

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Track drops?

11-24-04 | 12:48 PM

46x17

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yes

11-24-04 | 12:54 PM

46x17

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62cm ST
59cm TT
BB Campi Veloce, Headset Campi

Might have to have it powdercoated in gold flake.

11-24-04 | 01:09 PM

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Thats pretty funny, we both have IRO's but went for steel lugged frames. I now have a 63cm 79' schwinn le tour IV that i painted baby blue. I sold the Mark V to a friend. There is something about lugged steel... I'll try to post pics today.

11-24-04 | 01:11 PM

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Bling Bling. Cheatin' on the IRO?

11-24-04 | 01:21 PM

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[clapping] "hercules! hercules! hercules!" [/clapping]

11-24-04 | 01:22 PM

46x17

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No, No. The Iro is here to stay. I still love it!

It will take me a long time to build this new bike. Slowly, slowly, part by part (and only the nicest ones). Estimate is a year at least.

11-24-04 | 01:23 PM

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Oh Inkdwheels. I still want to see those pics of course!

11-24-04 | 01:23 PM

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Lieber 46 x 17:
Du hast dir offensichlich kein Velo gekauft, sondern einen Panzer!

Viel Spass damit!

11-24-04 | 01:48 PM

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Krupp Stahl, Juhuu! Wenn du irgendwelche infos zum Hercules hast, dann laet mi nou.

Mal schauen wie der Rahmen in Wirklichkeit faehrt. Sonst kann ich ihn hier fuer ein 3-faches verkaufen.

11-24-04 | 01:57 PM

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It's a rare thing indeed, to buy from a Swiss, and to sell at triple your investment.
Gut gemacht!

11-24-04 | 02:10 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 46x17

No, No. The Iro is here to stay. I still love it!

It will take me a long time to build this new bike. Slowly, slowly, part by part (and only the nicest ones). Estimate is a year at least.

wow...I couldnt be that patient.

11-24-04 | 04:26 PM

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no brakeholes anywhere either. Tubing is X3 Mannesmann precision tubing.

11-24-04 | 04:29 PM

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why was it so cheap? the Swiss Connection?

can you score one in a 50?

11-24-04 | 04:36 PM

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It was on ebay Germany. I just bid on it for the hell of it. Never thought I'd get it. Luckily I did. Guess 62cm frames are not that popular and I assume the "track bike on the road boom" has not yet kicked in. Unfortunately this was the only one he had.