Re: [CR]Re: French bike culture in America

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:22:27 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: French bike culture in America
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Chuck Schmidt wrote:
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> Most(?) of those people
> riding across the US in 1976 were on essentially "French-style" touring bikes.

On reflection... probably wrong. But people put lights and racks and fenders on their bikes to ride across the US in 1976 (Bikecentenial)... just not integrated all of a piece French style as in, as Jan puts it "French constructeur"?

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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