Re: [CR]you forgot one classic American bike, Dale.. (some humor)

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From: Jerry & Liz Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <ABikie@aol.com>, <aphillips9@mindspring.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]you forgot one classic American bike, Dale.. (some humor)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:09:01 -0600
cc: OROBOYZ@aol.com

Speaking of Rivendell, I recently vistied their web site for the first time in a while and didn't see a word about the Rivendell road frmaes. Have they given up making these altogether?

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


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Subject: Re: [CR]you forgot one classic American bike, Dale.. (some humor)



> Wow,there are wso many forgotten american bikes!
> I thought I'd need a small trailer to bring a representative sample of the
> wayside machines
> .
> Sure, there are dozens of boutique bikes like the Bruce Gordon, Cecil
> Behringer, Albert Eisentraut, Strawberry, McLean, Silk hope, and ALL the
> hundreds like them, but the Trek and things like the Specialized Tesch, the
> Redcay and Kellogg Rosses, the way early Tom Ritchey, and other bikes with a
> context and twist are the ones that interest me the most, along with the
> history of fat aluminum from Bullseye, Klein, Hi-E, Trek, Cannondale make the
> intetesting assortment in my opinion.
> Also, even though I am an Atlantis dealer, I've been doing a head scratch
> since seeing Rivendell in there since lately the CR association chatter
> started mentioning ages and times of manufacture.
> Personally, I find in my quirky affections the older C. Itoh and Jupiter
> Prince bikes more interesting artifacts relating to Grant Peterson.
>
> Neat guy, hope he makes it.
>
> Larry Black
> Mt Airy, Md.