[CR]The bikes I would most like to own

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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:09:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Ross" <dlr94306@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]The bikes I would most like to own
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: Garth Libre <biankita@earthlink.net>

Garth Libre wrote:

"In the early 80's I ran into a period of real or relatively real poverty. About the only extravagance I could afford was a bike because they were practical while at the same time being sensuous. The more you rode your bike the more money you could save for other things. The bikes I most hungered for were the aero bikes that later came with the Shimano AX groupos or the aero Suntour version of it. Those tear drop tubes were so beautiful. Now the bad part is that the bikes were rare then and still rarer now. I have no idea if the aero tubing made for a lesser or a greater bike or if the groupos that later came with them even functioned as well as the standard stuff that we have on most of our restorations now. No one here talks much about those bikes even though some of the nicest examples were available in 1981 or 82. I don't see pictures posted, nor does anyone mention if the tube sets were in any way superior or worse."

My wife has a pretty nice example of one of these bikes, all original as far as I can tell (she's the original owner). I'm not sure if it's On Topic, but it is at least close. It is decaled as an Araya although who made it is anyone's guess, I suppose. The tubing sticker says it's made of Tange Aero tubing, and it's equipped with a complete Shimano 600ax group, Araya (of course) rims. If there's any interest I'll take some pix and put them in my wooljersey gallery.

Dave Ross Portola "they don't call it Windy Hill for nuthin" Valley, CA