"kohl57@starpower.net" wrote:
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> As a teen trying to save newspaper route money for these things, we all
> knew that if you wanted a "real" racing bike, a Gitane was cheap, a Peugeot
> a mite more but way cooler and then you had your Schwinns and Raleighs with
> their coveted Campy stuff which just cost a bomb in comparison. And I am
> not talking so much real quality differences here, just "But I gotta it..."
> marketing at work.
I respectfully disagree... there were _real_ quality differences there, make no mistake about it. And yes "Gotta have it!" but for a very good reason. Whether you could afford it or not was a whole other question, of course...
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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