[CR]Lou and Steven's adventure in Princeton

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From: "The Maaslands" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Lou and Steven's adventure in Princeton
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:58:32 -0500

Lou Deeter was in my neck of the woods for a business meeting, so we arranged to meet and do a bit of bike searching together. We went to visit the oldest continuously operated bicycle shop in the USA: Kopp's in Princeton, NJ. It was first opened for business in 1891 (It has therefore been in business for 111 years!!)

While the owner was not in when we stopped by, Lou's silver tongue opened us access to a treasure trove in the shop's attic: there was a fully chromed 60's Cinelli track tandem, a 50's German Duerkopp track bike, a fully chromed junior cinelli track bike (with 24" tubulars) and a 60's Cinelli road bike.

There were also many lesser bikes too.

Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ

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