Oh, wow, does that Firenze story bring back memories. When I was a student at UW-Madison, there was an electronics store called "American TV" owned by "TV Lenny" that gave away free red Firenzes with any purchase over $50 (so you can guess what they cost wholesale!).
Some of my friends assembled them for about $3 or $4 per bike. Chris, are you out there? What was your record number of Firenzes assembled in one day?
Regards,
Greg Parker A2 MI USA
> Message: 8
> From: NortonMarg@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 00:57:51 EST
> Subject: Re: [CR]was Bill Stevenson/ Limiteds; now COMPLETE failure
> To: bill_bryant@prodigy.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> In a message dated 10/28/02 6:45:53 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> bill_bryant@prodigy.net writes:
>
> << Actually, I was trying to illustrate the concept of a "complete
> failure",
> >>
To which Stevan T. added:
> The most complete failure I recall was the
> "Top-of-the-hill-DalyCity-free-when-you-buy-a-stereo-FIRENZE!" The
> freewheels
> would blow up when you were riding up a hill and freewheel in the forward
> direction. No bike shop would "tune them up". I think they qualified as the
> bottom of the dung heap.
> Stevan Thomas
> Alameda, CA