Gee, all you guys were so lucky to get multi speed bikes. I started racing in 1947 and had to make do with a '39 Durkopp track bike. But then all our racing was done on fixed gears, road and track. It was in 1951 that I got my Urago, TDF derailleur, 8sp, Reynolds 531 road bike. That one got smashed in 1954 when I was hit by a semi trailer truck the day before Somerville. Didn't get to ride that classic with 4th and 5th fractured lumbar vertebra among other inconveniences. My kid's tool around bike was a camel back 28" wheel coaster brake CCM when I was 13/14. Used the old Durkopps in racing until mid '50's, were replaced by Urago, Patria, and Rabenick track bikes. There's a few stories that go with all those neat gem two wheel steeds. Where's that cold bottle of brut champagne and vanilla biscotti? Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:38 PM Subject: [CR]Re: What did you ride as a teen?
> For me it was an Elswick Tour Anglais. I was the only kid in town with a
> 12 speed bike in 1960.
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