In the mid-late 70's we used to go to the national classic criteriums in CA every year as spectators, me, my sis, and her first husband. Larry was the kind of guy who could never settle in on a bike that he was happy with, I remember him owning lots of different bikes, I think when I met him he had a PX10, later he'd sell whatever he was riding and then purchase something else, at various times a Lambert (!) a Windsor, a Cinelli, and finally settling on a Rauler (!)
The Rauler was cool, deep blue-ish color, bright yellow fill in the cutouts, and BRAZE-ONS!!!! Top tube for the cable, down tube for the bottle, even (I think) stubs for the shifters! I think Terry was getting them when his shop was still over on Williams for like, 500 bucks?!?! YIKES my whole BIKE didn't cost that much, but the Rauler sure was cool (I secretly wanted one, for the braze-ons of course)
Oh, a bit of trivia, any non-native Californians care to guess the two national classic criteriums I am remembering?
One of our favorite pass-times (after of course watching a tow-headed junior lapping the senior men's fields EVERY weekend) was to yell (somewhat derisively) at friends on bikes with "no braze-ons!" Larry's Rauler had 'em, my Sachs didn't (STILL doesn't!) Most racers didn't, one time at Cat's Hill, the guy who one was on a Rauler, with BRAZE-ONS!
In fact, I am sitting here in a shirt my sis made me WAY back then (still fits ...heh) with a picture of my red Sachs drawn on it with some of that plastic-y applique stuff, with the caption "no braze-ons!"
I'd guess that the braze-on front derailleur is very near off-topic, but catalog references will proof my guess as lamely ascerbic...or not.
Have fun at Cirque!!!
dp Boulder CO
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