[CR]Fwd: Retro Shells continued---FYI

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: <Paulcycles@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 05:29:10 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Cc: Paulcycles@aol.com
Subject: [CR]Fwd: Retro Shells continued---FYI

Return-path: <Paulcycles@aol.com> From: Paulcycles@aol.com Full-name: Paulcycles Message-ID: <63.129deba1.27d4c289@aol.com> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 05:20:57 EST Subject: Retro Shells continued---FYI To: roydrink@mac.com, Paulcycles@aol.com CC: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org, feldmanbike@home.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part2_64.bc8146f.27d4c289_boundary" Content-Disposition: Inline X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10502

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Roy:

My 2 cents=E2=80=94Yes, go for a plain Black or white deal ---OR--- get red! =C2=A0 {Like my newest Bell shell.}

Paul Dieterle Goin' out to the ice here in Wheaton ________________________________________ paulcycles@aol.com (home mail) ___3/5/2001 2:36:09ish AM (Monday) already=E2=80=A6 ___________________________________________=01

Full ver---

AM (Monday) already=E2=80=A6

Roy:

My 2 cents=E2=80=94Yes, go for a plain Black or White deal OR get red! =C2=A0 Like me, not Mike, nor Lon.=C2=A0=20 =20 IMHO, the High Tech research still shows glow-in-dark paints in Orange/Yello= w=20 colors give the advantage I=E2=80=99d want in these retro shells.

This is the point for old farts like me=E2=80=A6

I started wearing a helmet (begrudgingly, but thankfully) in ~ 1973-4 while=20 workin=E2=80=99 (sellin=E2=80=99 & crankin=E2=80=99 out the =E2=80=9Chigh-en= d=E2=80=9D stuff for Turin Bike Co-op=20 in Evanston IL while on undergrad at Northwestern U).

My head is still bruised (& has lotsa scars from hockey n fights n spills) t= o=20 this day. Most damage done (without enough full head protection) from birth= =20 to last month=E2=80=A6=C2=A0 The older I get the more I lose sleep and walk=20= into: the door=20 frames of life=E2=80=A6 =20 My last big bike scars are circa 1998 from a header after I forgot to=20 reskewer my front wheel on an original Specialized Hard Rock(~1986ish).=C2= =A0 I=20 (in daze early one Sat. am) jumped a curb to =E2=80=9Csave=E2=80=9D my front= rim (stupid old=20 habit learned from 27=E2=80=9Dx1=E2=80=9D rims from the late =E2=80=9860=E2= =80=99s).=C2=A0 I landed with the=20 front wheel separated from the fork but still in the fork=E2=80=94on my face= --- a=20 millisecond too soon, on the backtop off the cement sidewalk (as my racer=20 buds taught this old mechanic).=C2=A0 I often forget to go back to sleep sti= ll,=20 and in a sleepless daze unlearn the skills I had way back then building=20 Schwinns & then Trek- & French-English-Italian gems for the rich folks up=20 North of my roots (Back o=E2=80=99 da Yards--Southside) in Chi-cog-go. =20 Paul (scarredbut proud, albeit sleepless n W Chgo) Dieterle <A HREF=3D"mailto:paulcycles@aol.com">paulcycles@aol.com</A> n works =E2=80= =93 <A HREF=3D"mailto:Paul.Dieterle@ssa.gov">Paul.Dieterle@ssa.gov</A>=20 sstill missing my =E2=80=9C=E2=80=99talian bike fromKozy=E2=80=99s (=E2=80= =9969) w/French n Campy stuff=E2=80=9D=20 that never crashed! =E2=80=98N beata lot of dem dumb/damn racers in trainin= =E2=80=99 rides,=20 too! =20 C:\Paul=E2=80=99sother stuff\bike\CR to Roy Drinkwater in PA on cool retro h= elmets in=20 Production today=E2=80=A6doc=C2=A0 3/5/2001 2:58:46 AM

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<HTML> Roy: My 2 cents=E2=80=94Yes, go for a plain Black or white deal ---OR--- get=20= red! =C2=A0 {Like my newest Bell shell.} Paul Dieterle Goin' out to the ice here in Wheaton ________________________________________ paulcycles@aol.com (home mail) ___3/5/2001 2:36:09ish AM (Monda= y) already=E2=80=A6 ___________________________________________=01 Full ver--- AM (Monday) already=E2=80=A6 Roy: My 2 cents=E2=80=94Yes, go for a plain Black or White deal OR get red!    =C2=A0 Like me, not Mike, nor Lon.=C2=A0=20 =20 IMHO, the High Tech research still shows glow-in-dark paints in Orange/Y= ellow=20 colors give the advantage I=E2=80=99d want in these retro shells. This is the point for old farts like me=E2=80=A6 I started wearing a helmet (begrudgingly, but thankfully)</F= ONT> in ~ 1973-4 while=20 workin=E2=80=99 (sellin=E2=80=99 & crankin=E2=80=99 out the =E2=80= =9Chigh-end=E2=80=9D stuff for Turin Bike Co-op=20 in Evanston IL while on undergrad at Northwestern U). My head is still bruised (& has lotsa scars from hockey=20= n fights n spills) to=20 this day.  Most damage done (without enough full hea= d protection) from birth=20 to last month=E2=80=A6=C2=A0 The older I get the m= ore I lose sleep and walk into: the door=20 frames of life=E2=80=A6 =20 My last big bike scars are circa 1998 from a header after I=20= forgot to=20 reskewer my front wheel on an original Specialized Hard Rock(~1986ish)</= FONT>.=C2=A0 I (in daze early one Sat. am) jumped a curb to =E2=80=9Csave= =E2=80=9D my front rim (stupid old=20 habit learned from 27=E2=80=9Dx1=E2=80=9D rims from the late =E2=80=9860= =E2=80=99s).=C2=A0 I landed with the=20 front wheel separated from the fork but still in the fork=E2=80=94</FONT=
>on my face--- a=20 millisecond too soon, on the backtop off the cement sidewalk= (as my racer=20 buds taught this old mechanic).=C2=A0 I often forget to go b= ack to sleep still,=20 and in a sleepless daze unlearn the skills I had way back then <F= ONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D1 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"= 0">building=20 Schwinns & then Trek- & French-English-Italian gems= for the rich folks up=20 North of my roots (Back o=E2=80=99 da Yards--Southside) in Chi-<B=
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