Re: [Classicrendezvous] A. Drysdale track bike

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Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 22:30:00 -0700
To: "Russ Fitzgerald" <rfitzger@emeraldis.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Joseph Bender-Zanoni" <jfbender@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] A. Drysdale track bike
In-Reply-To: <006801c02c15$29651680$c38baad0@comp1>


I remember GB on a Drysdale road bike owned by a guy I use to race with in Brookdale Park circa 1973. His first name was Sherwood and he was at least 60. I have no idea how old his bike was except it was otherwise Campagnolo Record. As to the color- a brick red.

Joe

At 10:04 PM 10/1/00 -0400, Russ Fitzgerald wrote:
>Let's see ... '55 Drysdale ... would the appropriate brakes have been
>Universal Extras? GB Coureurs? Even (gasp!) Weinmann sidepulls? The
>last-named would be period correct, and would have the virtue of being
>reasonably easy to find, I should think. I've seen a set of Universal
>Extras for sale (at least one set at the Cirque, but I misremember who had
>them), and there are bound to be some GBs somewhere.
>
>Russ Fitzgerald
>Greenwood SC
>rfitzger@emeraldis.com