In a message dated 7/4/2002 1:05:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mhagburg@btinet.net writes:
<< I am going to be spending two weeks on the Virginia peninsula. Are there any interesting shops or vintage bike attractions in the Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia Beach (etc.) area? >>
I just returned from there (my old home area, "Tidewater" Virginia) and for vintage appeal, the pickings are slim indeed... I was however pleased to discover a small specialty shop named Cycle Classics. Gordon Freedman, the main man, arrives sometime in the early afternoon, so call first. I missed him myself but did see a number of neat bikes including a very interesting 1950s-60s (?) Olmo, an early Paramount track bike, some cool antique and balloon tired bikes...... and I forget what else. This shop is at 427 High Street (beside the old movie theater) in downtown Portsmouth, telephone 757-393-4498.
Dale Brown cycles de ORO, Inc. 1410 Mill Street Greensboro, North Carolina USA 27408 336-274-5959 Fax 336-274-6360 <A HREF="http://www.cyclesdeoro.com">cyclesdeORO.com</A> <A HREF="http://www.classicrendezvous.com/main.htm">Classic Rendezvous</A>