Re: [CR]vintage (?) bicycle helmet question

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Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 05:59:05 -0400
From: "James Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]vintage (?) bicycle helmet question
In-reply-to: <20050527040639.12829.qmail@web52505.mail.yahoo.com>
To: Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>
References: <20050527040639.12829.qmail@web52505.mail.yahoo.com>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

If you scroll down on this page

http://centerportcycles.com/pages/scrapbook/scrapbook04.html

you will see a couple of pictures of my buddy Tom Donahue winning the New York State Road Championships wearing a Skid Lid.

He got paid to wear it. I don't know how much, but for me, it couldn't be enough : )

Regards, Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y. http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped)

On May 27, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Don Wilson wrote:
> I picked up the strangest bicycle helmet in history.
> It is called a Skidlid. It is NOS. I won't waste
> bandwidth on list with a description. It was made in
> San Diego in 1983. What in god's name have I turned up
> here. Did ANYONE actually wear such a thing in 1983?
> What were the people in San Diego ingesting in 1983 to
> produce such a thing?
> Don Wilson
> Los Olivos, CA
>
> D.C. Wilson 805.688.8696 dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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