[CR]Hair

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From: <j.mccoin@comcast.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:41:15 +0000
Subject: [CR]Hair

Sometime in the mid 60's a good friend and I decided to fly to LA and then ride to Hunnington Beach to ride the criteriam there.We had a ride to SFO and tied our wheels to our frames and checked the bikes in. When we got to LA we picked up our bikes changed clothes in the restroom, stuck our street clothes in a locker and rode to Hunnington Beach.

When we got to the check in table all we had to do was show our ABL cards and since we from out of town we didn't have to pay an entrance fee. One of the riders checking in at the same time heard we were from SF and started giving us crap about being fags from SF with shaved legs. We were both into our fifth year of riding and racing and had heard it all.

I had crashed hard once at Hellyer Park Velo Drome and knew the benefits of shaving, in those days Hellyer Park was asphalt, crashing could be ugly.

After the race we returned to the check in table to return our numbers, guess who had crashed heavily. The guy who had given us all the crap was sitting in a chair and a very patient nurse was trying to remove bits of gravel and asphalt out of the hairy hamburger that was his thy, my friend and I both burst out laughing

Jim McCoin
Fremont Ca.