RE: [CR]now: what now? Bike limiting: a Jerry McGuire approach

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 14:22:35 -0800 (PST)
From: "r garni" <crispyflotilla@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]now: what now? Bike limiting: a Jerry McGuire approach
To: Peter Koskinen <peter@prkbikes.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20050201221111.PSAZ1977.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@gateway>


Dear Peter,

My "collection" is laughable compared to some of the action heroes here. I will say that I did love my '70's Eisentraut Signature 'A" series with the custom Stuart Little on the seat tube, but now, alas, gone.

My most rideable oldie has to be my Tesch 101, but I think it pushes the envelope on our time line, I am guessing, about 1986. Put some cute little simplex shifters on it, though.

I do have a Mercian, but that isn't Mercier, is it? So, so close, at least in terms of letters.

I know that everyone is nuts on the Masis here-did anybody bid on the rippled top tube Masi Volumetrica on ebay today?

I am on the lookout for a Legnano Tipo for secret modern reasons. Dale knows what they are. And Dale also sold me the Tesch! Nice Dale! Nice Dale!

OH. And I didn't sell my '81 Sachs. That made me happy.

Peter, if you are in Chapel Hill, you should say hello some time. I like eating manly bagels at Weaver St, Market after work. You know Carrboro–it's the Paris of ... well, actually, it's just Carrboro.

All the best to all,

Ricky Garni
Carrboro, NC


--- Peter Koskinen wrote:


> Hey Ricky!
>
> What kind of bikes do you have in your stable? Do
> you own anything that
> hasn't been talked about adnaseum on this list? Come
> on give us the whole
> scoop.
>
> Personally I'd like to read more about Holdsworth's,
> Bob Jacksons, Harry
> Quinn's, Mercier's, Dunelt's, Tom Kellogg, etc. This
> file it to death has
> gone on too long. By now you'd be down to simple
> filings. (s)
>
> Peter Koskinen
> Chapel Hill, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On
> Behalf Of r garni
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:53 PM
> To: richardsachs@juno.com;
> classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]now: what now? Bike limiting: a Jerry
> McGuire approach
>
> i feel like my future is
> > hindered by holding
> > on to so much of my past.
>
> Dear RS,
>
> I am not sure what you mean by this ... do you mean
> financially, in terms of
> attention devoted to, or one's ability to be
> overwhelmed by excessive
> content (of anything)?
>
> Or that attention to the past is prohibiting you
> from bikes of the
> present/future?
>
> Off Topic Aside (please forgive me): I read an
> article on Brian Eno some
> years ago and was surprised to discover that he only
> owned two keyboards: a
> mini moog and AKS synthesizer. His theory was that
> there was more to be
> gained by devoting one's attention undivided to a
> few things than scattering
> it among many upon many; also, in his words, "there
> isn't enough time in
> life to master one instrument, much less a bank of
> them."
>
> Granted, a surplus quantity of bicycles doesn't
> prohibit one from being a
> better rider. Nor should a builder devote his life
> to one frame. But I am
> lately of the mind (probably very unpopular on this
> list) to explore the
> idea of having a limited number of complete vintage
> bikes (I have far fewer
> than most
> anyway) and a cache of parts that could be used
> among if not all, at least a
> good number. This of course flies in the face of
> period correct,
> particularly if you are dealing with a particular
> bicycle that was fitted
> with very specific parts (for example PX 10s) but I
> wouldn't probably switch
> that out anyway. Is this financial sour grapes?
> Sheer laziness? (quite
> possible that one) If I were rich, would I just damn
> the torpedos? I don't
> know, but I do seem to think that there can be a law
> of diminishing returns
> on ownership, particularly with bicycles, that
> require maintenance and of
> course lovin' (sorry, riding.) Financially, too, I
> like the idea of making
> an annual event of switching out frames, considering
> the bicycle a modular
> device rather than one that is complete and
> unalterable unto intself and the
> year of its conception.
>
> It's a way of always having the ability to have a
> new "bike" without always
> buying one (I tend to forget rather quickly) and
> also a way of not spending
> virtually every cent on trying to maintain those
> bicycles that I do have
> (the kids keep on nagging me about having to eat,
> slightly annoying.)
>
> Anyway, a sacriledge, perhaps, but not my only sin
> today. I mean, I am at
> work, I should be working!
>
> Ricky Garni
> Carrboro, NC
>
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.
>
> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
> _______________________________________________
> Classicrendezvous mailing list
> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous
>
>
>

__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Classicrendezvous mailing list Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous