Re: [CR]Another Newbie who has been lurking

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Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:54:52 -0500
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Another Newbie who has been lurking
In-reply-to: <000901c5f7b0$92e7d9a0$edaea245@sbtnvt.adelphia.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <000901c5f7b0$92e7d9a0$edaea245@sbtnvt.adelphia.net>
cc: Roger Costales <rcostales@adelphia.net>

This was (is?) one heck of a nice store. I stopped in there about 1977 and it looked like a classic Schwinn store (like Schwinn's model store idea) but it was in a class of its own with drawer after drawer of Campagnolo parts. This kind of store was not common on the East coast, let alone in rustic Vermont. Big store, Schwinn based but with lots more. The owner had an obvious glee as the depth of his Campy stock.

Welcome Roger. For those who don't know, the Ski Rack in Burlington has a great display of antique bikes thanks to owner/collector Glenn Eames. Dave Porter's bike shop over in Winooski is a worthwhile visit to a classic knowledgable curmudgeon for high grade mechanical work (but buy something please!).

Joe Bender-Zanoni Great Notch, NJ

Roger Costales wrote:
>Hello,
> I come to Classic Rendezvous via Green Mt. Schwinn Cyclery in
>Rutland, Vt. where I started working in 1972 when I was 16. Some of
>you may remember this store, as we sold nice bikes all over the country.
>We built the wheels for the "76" U.S. Olympic team. We also outfitted a
>cycling team from Saudi Arabia for the Olympics with Italian bikes that
>Same year (not knowing their size). They did not win any medals. I left
>Green Mt. Schwinn and the bicycle business in 1981 for greener pastures.
>I got back into the bicycle in 1991 and have started a collection of
>bikes. Primarily of brands we sold which I could not afford back then. I
>currently own over 40 bikes, not all vintage. Some of the vintage bikes
>I currently own. 2 Masi Gran Criterium's, 2 Colnago Supers and a
>Mexico, Cinelli Super Corsa, Gios Torino, 2 Schwinn Paramount's (one is
>a beautiful "66" Chrome), Raleigh Pro Track Bike, Raleigh International,
>Motobecane Le Champion, Teledyne Titan,
>Crescent, Holdsworth, Bianchi, 2 Serotta Club Specials, Eddy Merckx,
>Richard Sachs (which is too big for me and I plan on selling) A NOS
>Lejeune frame, and 3 Argos's (which I don't know much about).
> My interest is in bikes which we sold, and I am familiar with. Hence
>I don't have any of the nice English bikes, (Herse, Singer, Jack Taylor
>and other bikes which I had never heard of till this forum).
> This year, the month of June I commuted to work on a different bike
>every day I worked (22). You can check out many of the bikes at
>www.vtbikes.com and click on( bikes of vermont link).
> Thank you to the folks who turned me on to Classic Rendezvous. I
>have enjoyed a few transactions with a number of you in the past.
> I still have some bikes I would like to add to the collection, but
>enough for now.
>
> Roger Costales
>
> Burlington, Vt.
>P.S. Hello Dave W.