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12-03-22, 02:02 PM

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2flit

2Flit

Join Date: Mar 2006

Location: Orcas Washington and currently Circumnavigating in a Farrier F36 Trimaran

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Bikes: 1968 Rene Herse Gentleman's Bike; 1974/5 Jim Merz Custom-built; 1984 Rodriquez tandem; 2012 Bilenky Tandem; 1967 Cinelli SC; 1984 Specialized Exp. 68cm; 1971 Holdsworth 63cm(my first bike ever and owned since new!); 1994 Bridgestone MB5; 86'Trek420

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DarkMoon,
This is not the original build... I tried to Private message you with an original unmolested build photo but your not set up to recieve PM's
I can't find the exact same design in the Herse Catalog either. The original owner (I'm the third) had a 69cm hiker built for him also and I suspect was a regular customer at the Herse shop.... So this was a very similar build the the 1968 "Gentleman's" bicycle without the chain guard. It was the original owners 'city bike'.
The tubing is incredibly light weight and most certainly not normal on a frame this tall.
I think allot of the Herse bicycles wound up being custom in one way or another

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