Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Bicycles
From: "Mike Quinn" <mlquinn@san.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:18:06 -0700

My early 70's road racing Reynolds 531 with Campy/mavic/stronglight etc. 
doesn't need to be restored.
It still works very nicely, just like my M3s.
You don't need decals. If they're getting ugly, you can cover them with
black tape...

Mike Quinn

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Alexey Merz wrote:
> ...and a handbuilt *steel* frame is what you Leica users really
> ought to be riding. Just acquired my fourth one yesterday, a
> *beautiful* Swiss-made, Reynolds 531 racing frame made in about
> 1974. It's a restoration project and will be rechromed, repainted
> [I've got a line on original decals :-)], and equipped with
> period-proximal campy/mavic/stronglight/TA stuff and SEW-UP
> TIRES - *not* clinchers.