Had the pleasure of attending the Gear Exchange this weekend where I saw Harvey Sachs, Larry Black, Wayne Bingham (I think that was Bingham) as well as other old faces from the DC racing world of years gone by. There were a couple of tables with some choice 70's / 80's vintage gear. Crazy Dave had a bunch of NOS Campy stuff, most of it late NR/SR and early post SR. He had a pretty good but poorly organized stash of small parts such as bearings, brakeshoes, toestraps etc. He will probably be at T-town so I encourage those in attendance to comb over his pile (as soon as I'm done with it.)
I also crossed paths with my old "directeur sportif" Sterling. Quite a character then as now. Sterling sold the good stuff out of the trunk on his car at races in the 80's. He sold bike parts too. He had skin shorts, Celo-tape, Muscolor, and Duegi 101's back when that stuff was the absolute cutting edge, before even "Don" Pinto had the stuff. His for-sale pile reflected his Campa-Gucci tastes. A friend picked up his "Mexico" panto-ed SR crank arms, Pinarello panto'ed SR ring and Seatpost. I scored some silly stuff (OMAS Ti BB, Zeus 2000 alloy freewheel and Zeus 2000 Ti pedals) as well some bread and butter stuff (NR post, NOS NR hubs, Winner Pro Freewheels). I'm afraid that between my friend and myself we pretty much hogged up all of Sterling's choice old stuff. But if anyone needs NOS wood-soled Duegis...
> Greetings campers
>
> Same junque, usual suspects, new location.
> High security, a few random acts of kindness.
> Where were YOU?!
>
> You missed:
>
> Wayne Bingham scooting around the room on his
> Raleigh Super Tourer, and
> beating us to the good stuff.
> Jill skipping happily back to her "we're not selling
> anything" REI booth
> with her "new" Frejus.
> Karen Rawls leaving happy with a backpack full of
> Mavic stuff.
> Tom Witkop with yet another amazingly ratty frame,
> wrong size, as usual.
> Snacks and yacks at Larry Black's lounge with Roy
> Drinkwater and Marty Walsh.
> New lows achieved by Bottom Feeders United in the
> cheerful company of
> Harvey "no relation" Sachs. Even the catfish were
> looking down on the tops
> of our balding little heads. $5 wheels! (I ride in
> WV. Why would I invest
> in expensive wheels?) Catching up with the guy who
> bought the 5-gallon
> bucket-o-chains. And how can you pass up 3 pairs of
> leg warmers for $10?!
> Helluva deal, if you're a bug.
> Being recruited to set up tables and perform other
> heavy lifting duties
> with my pal Ellen from WABA, who most of you don't
> know, but you should. If
> you show up early next year, I'll point you out and
> she'll put YOU to work
> too.
> Connecting again with a few of the other
> non-vintage, non-CR regulars from
> the now defunct WABA swaps. I'm gonna miss those.
> Other new faces whose names I apologize for
> forgetting already, but I did
> get only 3 hours sleep, and hadn't eaten since 7:30.
>
> Yeah, so there was a swap, with something for
> everybody. Great warmup for
> Trexlertown. And a short vintage ride I was too
> tired to participate in
> (ask Harvey). But more importantly life went on.
> Some people rant, spew,
> and wave flags. Some spend a day among friends.
>
> Bug Boy
>
>
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