[CR]ClassicRendezvous Catalogue

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:02:48 -0700 (PDT)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]ClassicRendezvous Catalogue

My favorite sentimental bicycle picture of all time is probably the cover of the 1972 (massachussetts) raleigh catalogue "the finest bicycles in the world ... made in england" and a man and a woman straddling the two bikes, cuddling, with full clothing on ...

http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/Retro-Raleighs/72-Catalog.pdf

Anyway, I think this would be a great theme for a classic bicycle calendar. "love a bike" or "love on a bike". single bikes or pairs of bikes and people on the bike touching each other in some way ... in motion on a ride, or stopped as in the raleigh picture. a nice way to spoof a tools calendar (think : snap-on calendar with buxom norwegian girls) in a classy way ...

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA