There will be a Portland, Oregon swap meet in conjunction with the Bicycle Transportation Alliance "Bike Fest" on the weekend of March 3 and 4. I'll post to the group later this week with specifics. David Feldman
> i received an email from a member of the Nitany Velo club regarding a bike
> swap which will be taking place in Central PA.
>
> On Saturday March 17th we are holding our first annual Bike Swap. The
swap
> meet will be at the State College High School South Building, from 8:00am
> until 2:30pm. This is in State College, Pa. The High School is located on
on
> Westerly Parkway. Relatively easy to find and easy to park.
>
> I asked him regarding classic bikes and received the below response:
> Classic Cycling Group? That sounds great! We have a few locals
interested
> in collecting and retstoring vintage bikes. And I know of a few
> interesteing items that may be for sale at the Bike Swap. We are also
> including a few show bikes for display during the Bike Swap. One
> guy has a couple old wood rimmed track bikes (I think his father and
> grandfather raced the bikes he has), and also an antique tandem he wants
to
> bring out. Plus Randy Moore (from the Bicycle Shop) is a serious
collector.
> We have a few other interesting vintage bikes that we are expecting at the
> show. Would you like to display any show bikes? Or would the Classic
> Cycling Group be interested joining us? Either to display bikes, or to be
> vendors, or both?! Does the club have official judged Bike Shows? Maybe
we
> could include one during our event. I really like that idea!
>
> If anyone is interested. let me know. I will be getting some flyers
shortly
> in the mail. I think this would be a great event to take place in central
> Pa. I know I will be there. This will be their first year and they are
> already talking about incorparating classic folks...lets help them out.
> Thanks.
>
> Walt Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa
>
> P.S. I remember seeing the words "free" on the original website regarding
> cost to setting up a booth...just thought I would mention it.