When I worked at the Ski Rack in Burlington, VT 20 years ago, we had a Moulton that we used for the shop coffee bike. It was fantastic. We had a basket on the front, it was super maneuverable (which meant it could be ridden through the store when the boss wasn't around), and was so unusual that we never worried about locking it up. Of course, that meant that one of the local rugrats stole it one day, but we had it back in a few hours. He ditched it when he realized how obvious it was. When someone dropped it and took out the rear derailleur, we put a Huret Jubilee on it. It lasted for years and was on it when I last saw the bike.
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont, -30 degrees when I got up this morning
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 01:03:59 GMT
> From: brianbaylis@juno.com
> To: themaaslands@comcast.net
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Now California weather / Was: SoCal man-of-the-year
Vintage
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> Steven,
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> We did in fact have a streak of "unCalifornia-like" weather over the
holidays; although the climate here in the south is much more pleasant, even
when it isn't all that agreeable. We arranged for the weather so that you
would feel more at home while you were here. ;-)
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> You just reminded me I need to dig out my Alex Moulton; it is a really fun
and odd machine. I'm talking the older pig-iron ones; not the modern
version. I have two. One is set up with Campag. 7spd cassette rear hub (to
allow an 11 tooth cog on the rear) connected to a single bar end Suntour
shifter. I run a 62 tooth TA chainring in the front. I painted it the
"bowling pin" style; yellow with blue accents. It's a fun bike with drop
bars. My second one will eventually be set up as a track bike!
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> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> It steers kinda funny; I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable on it over about
150mph!