Well ... I have a decent income, but no time to ride ... M-F doing Tech Support for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | Online (and for the San Francisco Bay Area, it really doesn't pay that well), supplemented by Sat-Sun working retail in a local bike shop (A Bicycle Odyssey, Sausalito, CA).
My saving grace is that until this past weekend, I had never bought a completely new component package to go with my frames. Every bike I've built up from a frame has used the same 8-speed Campagnolo Record/Chorus mix that I bought used in 1994, or other scrounged parts.
And while it's not classic yet, the Ron Cooper currently wears brand spankin' new Campagnolo Record 10-speed Ergopower.
The Waterford-built Rivendell is hanging in a garage awaiting the same 8-speed Record group that it had worn from 1996-1997.
The Waterford-built Rivendell geometry sample (Waterford lugs, Rivendell geometry) is being rebuilt with parts abandoned by customers ... so far it's cost all of $29.00 for a front hub ... still need to build the wheels, so I suspect that the rims and spokes will cost.
The Waterford Track bike was purchased 2nd hand with Gipiemme Pista components.
The Waterford-built stainless steel Interloc cyclocross prototype was purchased 2nd hand with Dura-Ace & XT components ... and is the only bike I own without lugs.
For me, classic bikes are not so much about the components, having never ridden Super or Nuovo Record ... my big thing is lugs and frames. I want my frames to look good ... and I want quality construction.
One of these days, a Richard Sachs will join the collection ...
And perhaps I'll build up a true vintage classic one day. Until then, I'm content to read and learn and absorb from all of you.
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Steven L. Sheffield stevens at veloworks dot com veloworks at earthlink dot net aitch tee tea pea colon slash slash double-you double-you double-you dot veloworks dot com slash
> From: rfitzger@emeraldis.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:19:36 GMT
> To: Jeff Slotkin <jeffslotkin@home.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]RE:$$$ was re:Geezer
>
> I will confess that I have often felt like the po' boy of this list - my own
> insecurity. Anyone familiar with the pay scale for library assistants at
> state-
> supported small colleges will understand my love of bottom-feeding when in
> pursuit of vintage goodies. Being single and having no children compensates
> for that much of the time.
>
> Russ Fitzgerald
> rfitzger@emeraldis.com
> http://www.emeraldis.com/
> Greenwood,
> SC
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