Aerospace Pro in Vt, USA

Thanks for the lead Michael. Right size and good condition. I will think about this one but it is a 4 hour drive each way, which is probably too far. I just returned from a week of big hills in New Hampshire. From there it would have been only 2 hours but who knew.

Brian

Some states (Maine?) will waiver the 14 day quarantine if you have a negative COVID test within two days of your arrival or you can serve your 14 day "sentence" in a remote camp if that's where you're staying. It's getting close to time when a trip to Vermont is a spectacular thing. Good luck with the acquisition, 2020 is turning out to be a year of surprises with the situation changing almost daily. A Federal Court Judge in Pennsylvania just declared some of our Governor's shutdown orders unconstitutional. CDC guidelines must still be followed. I'm guessing an appeal.
Best,
John "wheelson"

The Maine quarantine was to be enforced at the lodging point so an in-and-out would not be a problem. Also, several neighboring states Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York were exempt because of similar COVID numbers. One state (NJ, RI, or DE?) was actually monitoring license plates. Insane. When we vacationed on the North Carolina Outer Banks in late June, we were technically supposed to quarantine for 14 days on return to Pennsylvania even though the numbers for the two counties in NC were drastically lower than those in Western PA. Go figure.
Brian, I hope this works for you, that's a pretty nice Viscount at a very good price.
Best,
John "wheelson"

I hope the seller gets back to you. I guess I've been lucky with good communication and honesty with CL sellers in the past. The good news is the listing is still active so stay optimistic!

Brian, I have had some problems lately contacting people through gmail. This is particularly true on the Classic Rendezvous list. Many times I have to contact through the forum and not privately. I don't know if this is a gmail problem or if my responses somehow end up in their spam box. Is it possible to contact by phone?
Best,
John "wheelson"

I have sold on CL and have been bombarded with fake, fishing and theieving emails. I have bought on CL and for my email to get a response I had to add real person or real buyer to the message. I also had to send the message once per day. You have to standout from the spam.

Good Luck
Jim

I'd pay $100 any day of the week for this. Looks superb. That must be a touch annoying to have missed out!

Still no word from the Aerospace Pro seller despite repeated and varied attempts to contact them. I am exasperated by Craigslist. As an experiment I listed a bike for sale today then tried to send myself a reply using various combinations of computers and email clients. Most did not work, leading me to believe my replies to other peoples' ads are not being routed through Craigslist's "double blind" email system.

This is very sad because there have been a number of excellent bikes that I bid on within hours of them being posted but I don't believe my messages were received. So far I have missed the following, all my size and all in great condition for restoration:

Aerospace Pro - asking $105
Dawes listed above - asking $100
1969 Raleigh Professional with full Campagnolo parts - asking $225
1976 Raleigh Professional almost all original - asking $250

Ironically, the bike I listed drew an immediate response and was picked up and paid for within 5 hours of listing.

Pardon me if this is getting too far off topic. The Craigslist relay assigns fake email addresses to both parties to protect privacy. When you send a message to the fake address, it relays it to the real address, both ways. Craigslist performs screening on messages it relays to eliminate spam. I suspect my messages are being screened out but I don't know why. I have tried different email accounts and email clients, and different computer. All of these devices are going through my home router and ISP. I plan to try a computer not tied to my ISP to see if that works. I might try my phone as well, using the cell phone network instead of my home router, but that requires some setup and is very tedious to answer ads on the phone. I will get to the bottom of it at some point. I was hoping to acquire a few nice project bikes for winter, which seems like it will be long indeed.

Brian

Fantastic!

I'm happy that the deal worked out. It really is almost the same way I got my Pro (black/silver version). A blury Craig's List photo listed for $100, a 250 mile round trip pickup also for $50! It really is a Pro as they were the only model that came in Blue/Silver. Your wheels look original and unless the original dealer switched them out, they should be tubular. Looking at the fork detailed photo, it is the Yamaha replacement identified by the slightly sloping crown. The Sport was also chrome, (not the aluminum DF) but with the more boxy, generic looking crown. The only real differences from your Aerospace GP is the leather saddle, FD (Thunderbird for GP vs Titlist for Pro) and RD ( Crane for Pro vs Titlist for GP) and the butting on the spokes. It was their highest priced model retailing at $269 in the states. Good luck with it! It will make for some good tinkering time

Not doubting you won’t but it’s worth checking the caliper reach first especially on the front fork before you go to 700c. On my Aerospace 400 I couldn’t lower the brake blocks enough and they were catching the edge of the tyre.