Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:30:11 -0800 (PST) From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> To: StuartMX4@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Accles and Pollack
Stuart wrote: > Anyone who lived in London in the fifties > will remember Accles and Pollock for their > tube train advertisements in which almost > every mistaken rendering of their name was > given...
To which Fred added: It almost seems ironic that a bicycle tubing manufacturer would place advertisements in passenger trains. Or were they advertising their steel products in general, rather than bicycle tubing specifically.
I wish the NYC Subway system had bicycling-related
advertisements when I rode it during my youth. Then again, at
least I was able to practice my Spanish while riding the
(in)famous Number 7 train.
Con mucho gusto,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
Not really ironic, IMO. How do the vast majority of folks around the World (even today) get to the subway? On foot, or by bike!! So sell bikes to all those walkers! ;-)
The difference, I think, is that in the US, a bike is (still mostly) considered a toy. Virtually everywhere else Worldwide, it's transportation and/or Sport. "Big diff-frahnce..."
Greg Parker
Dexter, Michigan