Re: [CR]Another Famous Confente Rider

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On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:13:13 -0700 "Jim Allen" <jimallen@nctimes.net> writes:
> Add Rudy (Xavier) Mirander, Jamaican sprinter and kilo rider, a
> contemporary of Jerry Ashe.
> If I recall correctly, he was regularly in the top 16 in the sprints
> and the
> kilo's at the World Championships...
>
> Later,
>
> Jim Allen
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [CR]Another Famous Confente Rider
>
>
> CR FOLK:
>
> In addition to Boyer, another famous Confente rider was Jerry "the
> gentle
> giant" Ashe. One of my old cycling books (I'll have to dig it up)
> shows a
> picture of him racing on a Confente track bike.
>
> Don't know if he won any races on that bike, but he certainly was
> no
> stranger to winning...
>
> Brad Stockwell
> Palo Alto