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Originally Posted by TenGrainBread
52cm Rene Herse on eBay in Iowa for a pretty low price, $2100 plus free shipping.

Cons: Period incorrect repaint. No derailleurs or original racks.

Pros: The repaint looks like a decent one, even if not faithful to a '1945' Herse. It comes with Herse cantilevers, stem, and cable hangers.

I'm tempted as it's probably the lowest price I'll ever see for a Herse, but I don't like that it's a repaint.

Very disappointing that a shop thinks this is the way to go on this, they know what they have and chose to crap out on it, lazy, greedy, irresponsible and sad IMO.
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Still very cool and were it my size, I would be having a very heated discussion with them.
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