[CR]New member introduction

(Example: Bike Shops)

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:32:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Gregory Townsend" <gtownsend3590@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]New member introduction

My name is Gregory Townsend and thanks to Chuck Schmidt I have become addicted to reading this list. I would see Chuck at the Rose Bowl or the local shop and commented to him that I had a stash of old equipment from my junior days that was in my parents basement in the Midwest. He told me that I needed to retrieve it so I had it all shipped to me and I am in the process of restoring two bikes.

Throughout the 70s I lived in England and belonged to two clubs( Newmarket&Dist CC and Mildenhall&Dist CC. Like many clubs in Britain much of the effort was on time trials but they also did road , grass track and roller racing. I am working on two bikes for Chuck's Velo Rendezvous this fall. One is an early 60's Mercian Road/Path bike with Airlite hubs, Mephisto rims and a typical mix of English/French components. The other is a 1977 AENDE 531sl frame that I had built when I was a junior. It has mostly Campag components that were lightened by Bruce Bursford and myself. Bruce was a clubmate at Newmarket and fanatical about modifying parts. He later became rather famous with the Ultimate bike and various records. He was unfortunately killed while training by a truck driver dialing a cellphone. I have already purchased parts from many people posting on this forum and hope it doesn't get out of hand.I am lacking an Italian bike and would like to find a mid seventies Wilier in copper someday. Thank You, Gregory Townsend

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