In a message dated 1/25/03 3:05:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
prutledge1@comcast.net writes:
> Larry,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I started as in intermediate rider in 1962
> using my brother's old Drysdale Velox; then rode as a junior from 1963-65.
> Looks like you came a little after me. I'm originally from Somerville, NJ
> (I know you know where that is). In training I rode with Joe Saling, Lou
> Saling, Mary Lou Saling, Dottie Saling (the whole Saling family), Allen
> Bell ('56 and '60 Olympic team member), Bob Binetti (who road track tandem
> with Bell in 1964 Olympic trials), and a few others from the Somerville
> area (it was really a great place to ride--beautiful country roads without
> traffic, although there were some farm dogs). "Pop" Kugler (his son was
> the "Kugler" in "Kugler-Anderson Memorial Tour of Somerville) was our
> mentor. My racing contemporaries were Pete Senia, Jr., Charlie Tidwell,
> John Pender, Chris Meerman (I recall him as coming from Vienna, VA, and we
> got to be friends--haven't seen him since '65), Eric von Gerbig, Dave
> Chauner ('68 Olympic team member and I think maybe in this area?), and a
> bunch of others. I got 2nd in the '65 NJ state track championships (on the
> Paramount at Kissena), won the junior 10 mile races in Baltimore, Detroit
> (drove out there for the race with Dave Chauner and a couple others), and
> West Milford, NJ. Got some decent places in Wash, DC, Flemington, NJ, and
> some others. Got 4th in national junior B.A.R. championships that same
> year. Then I got a driver's license and girlfriend who later became my
> wife. You know the rest of the story. I still have my 1963 Frejus track
> bike that my then girlfriend (now wife) bought me after I stopped racing.
>
>
he's a customer who'sinterested in a bike from me
Larry Black
memoryville, Md