Well, I was almost there at the beginning, I think I joined in 1997, but a little later in the year. Chuckie, Wayne, Lou and of course the Listmeister were already active members. I had learned of Bicycle Trader from a business associate, and from there was directed to Sheldon's site, where I eventually followed a link to the CR site.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
"Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org> wrote:
Dale wrote:
>>>When did the CR list start? I can't remember & was just asked. Who
was that
guy who started that very first vintage bike web site but ended up
changing his
name & living in a Teepee? It was still up in obscurity not too long
ago.
Anyway, that got me interested and when he gave up on his, the CR was
born.
I hope you, Mssr. Chuckster, can fill in some of the details, cause you
were
there too<<<
Well, I was there too, so I guess I can also fill in some on the birth
of the CR list. I figure it must have been '97. I can't remember the
guy's name, but the place was "Vintage Bike Source", and that was
around '96. As late as May of '02, it was still stuck in cyber space.
Sort of a cyber time capsule. Below, in part, is my post of 5/7/02 from
the archive that brought me back to the VBS site at the time.
>>>Just before I left for NC, I got an interesting email. The writer
stated that he had seen my member profile on the Vintage Bike Source web
site, and was wondering if I'd be interested in selling the Gios I had
listed among the bikes I owned. What the writer had failed to notice
was that the VBS site was last updated in March of 1997! I'm still
amazed that it's still there. It did, however, stir some great
memories. VBS is where I first me Dale (electronically, that is), when
I posted an inquiry seeking info on a Stan Pike frame I owned. Dale
responded, and he was the only other person I had met (at the time) that
had heard of Stan Pike. The rest is history and a cherished friendship.
Oh, and I sold the Gios at the first Cirque I attended.
Yes, the VBS site is still sitting there in cyber-space. Frozen in time. The member directory is 19 people long. Chuck Schmidt is member #3. Dale Brown is #8, I'm #11, Lou Deeter is #19. I'm sure some of the others are also lurking on the CR list. What a time capsule.
While at the Cirque this year, I asked Dale when he had started the CR list and he couldn't remember. Now, based on VBS, I realize it must have been around '97.<<<<<
What a long strange trip it's been, eh.
Wayne Bingham
Lovettsville VA