Aldo, should we all be impressed that you went to THE Oxford in England, or do you mean Oxford, Ohio, home of Miami University (of Ohio as opposed to Florida)?
Regards,
Jerry Moos, alumnus of Ohio University in Athens (Ohio as opposed to Greece)
Aldo Ross wrote:
> Ah, yes.... I remember a guy a college racing on one of those. He was from
> California, brought the pantographed Bianchi and a "Nuovo Blue" Colnago with
> him to school. The celeste Almarc leather covered bars were gorgeous... I
> wished I could afford that bike!
>
> Other bikes in Oxford included an aluminum Alan Record with Huret Jubilee
> derailleurs and the first radially-laced front wheel I'd ever seen, another
> Alan with Zeus campy-copy gruppo, a "BMW Black" (very very dark grey)
> Pinarello pantographed Super Record with gold Pelissier hubs (the hub
> bearings failed after only a few months riding!), a burgundy Guerciotti
> pantographed Super Record, TI Raleigh Team Pro, various top model Peugeots,
> Raleigh GS, my Saronni-red Colnago, and a green Richard Sachs.
>
> There was also a yucky orange-green Legnano with cottered cranks and old
> steel Campy derailleurs. We always had a good laugh when that guy rode by.
> I wish I could find that bike now!
>
> There were some beautiful bikes on the starting line back in the early
> 1980s.
>
> Aldo Ross