"... a full bore 7-11 squad with Eric Heiden ..."
7-11 started several years after dat. mebbe at late as 81. no? and didn't heiden begin wit dem afta the placid lake (1980) thingy? e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 19:50:33 EDT OROBOYZ@aol.com writes:
> I really can't add any exact year (but it should have been 1976 or 77
> right
> after we opened Toga Bike Shop-now-cycles de ORO) but I recollect
> taking my
> team to the BIG Biltmore-McDonalds stage race in Asheville NC and
> sitting in the
> riders meeting with all the other teams.. All the biggies were
> there, a full
> bore 7-11 squad with Eric Heiden and a Canadian team with Steve
> Bauer, etc.
> Anyhoo, chief referee Al Macdonald addressed all of us about the
> neutral wheel
> service and mentioned that surely no team was using the old 5 speed
> (120) wheels
> as all the support wheels were 6 speed. My whole team scrunched down
> in their
> seats as all we had was 5 speeds!
>
> Dale Brown
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