Hi Rosalie,

I have sent you an email, so look for it. I will bring the bike with
me to Seattle for the bike show. You can certainly use it for as long
as you like, and if you like it a bunch we can talk about having it
for keeps. It doesn't get used much, and is in need for someone to
ride it.

John

On Feb 9, 2006, at 8:53 AM, rf gammelgaard wrote:

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> Hi John - are you still open to the idea of selling me this bike?
> I don't
> know where the past 6 weeks have gone - well, I do, school/studies
> swallowed
> them up. I'm sorry to have not followed through better. The
> housemate who
> was going to move to Portland (and I thought might be a means of
> bringing
> the bike up here) ended up staying in Seattle - though moving,
> which means
> I've been caught up in the search for a new housemate, on top of
> school...
> not that you need to know that, just to explain.
> I'm still awfully busy and (unfortunately) expect to continue to
> be, with
> little break, over the weekend of the bike show. Is there a hope
> that if I
> posted the parts I have (bottom bracket with crankset, Shimano 105;
> SRAM 7.0
> brakes, off a TE - but I think that was an EX, is that a problem?)
> that
> you'd have time to put them on before bringing it up? By a
> fortuitous turn
> of events I did end up getting a chain, so I have that. I've given
> up on
> the idea of using the 406/559 wheelset I told you about - I guess
> it's silly
> on the TE, and I should sell that. But I remember you saying that
> I could
> probably pick up a 700 wheel and cassette at Recycled cycles, and I
> bet
> you're right.
> All this is based on you still being willing to let it go... and we
> haven't
> talked $$$ yet. I loved the idea of your long-term loan - that was
> incredibly generous - but I would definitely be uncomfortable at
> the idea of
> something maybe happening to your bike in my possession, which of
> course I
> would do my utmost to prevent, but could happen - or the idea of my
> putting
> parts on your bike just as you came to a time when you needed it
> back. It
> seems cleanest - if you'd be willing - to make it an outright sale,
> based on
> the idea that if/when I ever let it go myself, you'd be the first
> to know.
> What do you think?
> Rosalie
>
>> From: John Climaldi <john4bho@...>
>> Reply-To: BentPacNW@yahoogroups.com
>> To: BentPacNW@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: RE: [BentPacNW] Re: Seattle area frame builder for te clone?
>> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:56:13 -0800
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>> Hello all,
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>> Great group Tony, thanks!
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>> Rosalie, I too have built a clone using butted cromoly tubing. My
>> complete
>> bike was gold rush territory in weight and stiffness. It is
>> patterned after
>> Gardner's plans to the letter using a Cobra seat, ER handlebars
>> and fork.
>> It has been sitting in the garage looking neglected, so if you
>> want to use
>> it over the winter (winter, spring, and summer for that matter)
>> you are
>> welcome to it. It is a size medium to medium large. Riding it
>> might also
>> give you more ideas about exactly what you want when you build you
>> own.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> John C
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>> 503-888-9374
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>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at 10:45AM, rf gammelgaard
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>> Hi Tony - I'd like to at least talk to you and your friend, see
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>> $$ would be involved - and I'd love to see both your bikes!
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>> I'd really like to make my clone a nice bike. I've got some wheels,
>> brakes,
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>> Thanks so much for your response! Rosalie
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>>> From: "Tony Licuanan" <aoahome@...>
>>
>>> Reply-To: BentPacNW@yahoogroups.com
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>>> To: BentPacNW@yahoogroups.com
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>>> Subject: [BentPacNW] Re: Seattle area frame builder for te clone?
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>>> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 04:45:34 -0000
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>>> Rosalie,
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>>> You're in luck. I built a TE Clone back in '97? Goldfinger is still
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>>> one of my best bikes. Recently, I just finished building Black Pearl
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>>> a carbon fiber dual 700c highracer. Back to your TE Clone, I have
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>>> some experience with that project and also in great friends and
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>>> contact with a professional bike frame builder. You can contact me
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>>> directly, when you're ready to make this happen.
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>>> --- In BentPacNW@yahoogroups.com, "gammelgaardrf"
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>>> wrote:
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>>>> Hi - last spring I bought a te clone "kit" ...
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>>>> anyone know who might bring this Tour Easy clone frame to
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>>>> completion for me at a reasonable price?
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>>>> Thanks much - and thanks for this site, this is great to have a
>>>> local
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>>>> Rosalie G
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