In a message dated 9/29/2001 5:08:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
<< is a British made bike. Early Alpines could have come from (at least) Mercian and Condor. Remember, Alpine at first was a house brand... Larry Black knows all about this, having been a Georgetown Velo Sport boy! >>
Mike Schwering affixed the sticker to and had bikes commissiones by those makers as well as Arthir Metcalfe, Alec Iles (sp?) Hurlow, and Eisentraut,mto name a few, before guys like DanWagner, Reno Rashid, Ned Carey, Ciro, and Fred Kelley started the Maryland plant
Georgetown Cyclesport was our name , not Velo Sport, That was/is in Berserkeley, California.
sorta like that wannabe shop, Cycles de Argent.
Larry Black
Larry