[CR]Rose Bowl vintage bike ride

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:42:14 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <3E8C8864.58E6CD08@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <3E8C88A1.36D5B01C@earthlink.net>
Subject: [CR]Rose Bowl vintage bike ride

>From an impartial third party (remember Sunday is the start of Daylight Savings):

Dennis Crowley wrote:
>
> There's a very nice and civilized ride coming up this Sunday.
>
> The first Sunday of the month is the regular Retro-Ride when a bunch
> of collectors get out their finest old race-bikes and and do a ride
> from the Rose Bowl, down the Arroyo, out eastwardly, then up through
> Arcadia to Beantown in Sierra Madre for brunch. Campy Nuvo Record
> friction-shifters, wool jerseys and old track bikes show up including
> some truly amazing and rare antiques. It's mostly slow due to a lot
> of talking and hardware-admiration but the pace is steady. People
> come from San Diego, Santa Cruz and sometimes even riders from
> snow-bound back East show up for this Ride.
>
> Although you don't absolutely have to have a classic old bike to do
> the ride, you do have to like 'em. But if you have an old bike or a
> wool jersey, bring it on out.
>
> The Retro-Ride gathers up at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center at around
> 10:30 every first Sunday of the month, rolls out about 11:00.

Chuck Schmidt L.A.

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