Re: [CR]Classic Bicycle Spotting at TOSRV.

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:32:30 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Classic Bicycle Spotting at TOSRV.
References: <56F3C4EF30CC7B458674F15B1584D2B1405EFC@DUBEXCH02.cahapps.net>


Michael Kahrl wrote:
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> I saw hope for the future of vintage bicycles: a teenager on a metallic green Raleigh Super Course. It was sparkling clean and in fine working order. I talked to his mom who told me that when he decided he wanted to take up cycling he didn't want to spend the kind of money his parents had on a bike. He found this bike at a garage sale, replaced the rims and tires, and was perfectly happy with his new ride. I saw another high schooler on a Bridgestone. I wondered if his parents were aware that their kid was wandering dangerously close to a bicycle cult group.

I have noticed a tread with young bike shop employees in some of the local shops in SoCal. An interest in finding a lugged steel bike to ride just to have something different from the ubiquitous tig'd aluminum that they sell in their shop. Just a ripple right now; soon to be swell? Don't underestimate the urge to be different in the species.

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal
http://www.velo-retro.com (Campagnolo Timeline, reprints and T-shirts)