Ken Skrzypek, Joe Bender-Zanoni, Mike Rawlings and I were also there. I was the one showing the bike off, but it was the my Major Nichols, not a Major Taylor.
There was some vintage stuff there, but not in great profusion. I picked up a set of NOS Pelliesier High Flange 36 hole hubs from Joe B-Z, who must have been suffering from mental confusion brought on by hypothermia as he was only asking $60. I snapped them up before he could come to his senses. My only other vintage buys were two pairs of string back gloves for $10 and 4 rolls of white cotton bar tape at $1 per roll. I did score plenty of general riding swag though, including a NOS Blackburn floor pump for $20, and 6 pairs of short liners for $5 each. Items seen but not purchased included a full panto Guerciotti with an asking price of something like $1600, a tubie wheel set with Tipo high flange hubs built with Fiamme red labels for $25 (I already have two sets of tubies I don't ride), a late 60's Paramount with a replacement fork and all wrong (but correct era) parts for $175 and a Nervar crank set that took Cyclotouriste style rings for $40 (I"m kicking myself for passing on that one.) One last item I really looked at was a full DB Reynolds 531 Bill Boston frame in fairly decent shape for $30. Alas, it was at least 27 inches (that's seat tube, not wheel size!) and I just didn't think I could make it work.
Otherwise there wasn't much vintage stuff, but it's always fun to meet and greet.
The post swap ride was good too, although one continues to wonder at regional differences in ride descriptions. In eastern PA, "not too hilly" and "easy pace" means "you only occasionally consider getting off and walking up" and "you won't quite spin out the 52x15". From my blurry, eyes crossed perspective dangling off the back of the pack, there was some nice iron in the ride, including my 81 Marinoni (it had lower gears than the Nichols), a late 70s Colnago, a pretty Batavus, an Atlantis, and the piece de resistance, a San Rensho tandem.
Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
>From: Ken Sanford
>To: "Charles T. Young"
,Classic Rendezvous
>Subject: [CR]Trexlertown swap meet report
>Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 07:19:34 -0400
>
>"IT was a dark and gloomy day" I went up with my brother Ben Sanford; we
>did not take any bikes cause of lack of space. The day dawned dark and
>ominous, as we drove thru intermittent rain showers in the early morn;
>arriving at T-town circa 7 am. Fortunately, while it was still rather cool
>for a while, it did not rain after that. The sun even came out later.
>
>The dealers were already setting up (pink armbands). They let us sellers
>(green armbands) in at 7:30. Other list members we saw (that I can
>remember) included Angel Garcia, Roy Drinkwater, Steve Maasland, and Jim and
>Carol Williams. There were others.
>
>The hoards were released at 9 and the event concluded at 2 but by then the
>numbers of attendees had thinned muchly. Set up was around the track with
>sellers in the somewhat soggy infield (as I said it had been raining) so the
>buyers could walk around on the pavement. This seemed to work quite well.
>The attendance was respectable; probably down a bit cause of the early
>morning weather. It was judged to be somewhat less than the fall swap-meet.
>BTW, the Fall 2003 Swap-meet will be on 4 October.
>
>There was not too much vintage stuff for sale. One list member brought a
>Major Taylor to show off and Steve Maasland had some nice toys included a
>sort of manual rear derailleur shifting gizmo. A rather nice circa 1975
>Paramount road bike (without fork) was scored for $175. I lusted after a
>Paramount track frame of the same era bit it was a tad small. I think it
>went for about $675 (frame and wheels only).
>
>I was looking for a usable Campy 32 hole high-flange front hub (track
>preferably but road acceptable) but did not see one. My only purchase was a
>nice 1999 Bicycle Calendar with photos of many nice and varied pre 1960 or
>so bikes. (this Calendar will work appropriately in 2005). Cost $2
>
>Managed to unload a fair amount of junk in addition to a nice set of Campy
>track pedals at $60 and a set of non-period clincher 8-speed wheels for
>$100. So I did well. Ben sold quite a bit of stuff but had a bit of a
>relapse and felt forced to buy stuff as well. Still he felt he had done
>well.
>
>There seemed more interest in track stuff than at most meets (probably cause
>of the venue)
>
>Bout all I can remember.
>
>Ken Sanford
>Kensington, MD (where I am leading a fixed gear bike ride later this
>morning)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Charles T.
>Young
>Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:12 PM
>To: Classic Rendezvous
>Subject: [CR]Trexlertown swap meet reports?
>
>
>I was indundated with familial responsibilities once again and couldn't make
>it up to the Trexlertown swap meet. How did the attending CR members fare?
>
>Charlie
>
>Charles T. Young
>Honeybrook. PA
>
>
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