On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 11:33 +0000, greenjersey@ntlworld.com wrote:
> Does anybody out there remember my late clubmate Don Howarth? He moved
> to the Bay Area from Southport England in 1963. In 1966 he went to
> watch the World's on the Nurburgring then to Munich to collect a
> Beemer that he shipped back to the US. He was always a bit flash! In
> the UK he had a Cinelli and when I visited him in the US he was riding
> a Masi. I recall that he spoke of The Bike Barb and a particular
> friend Fritz Liedel who won the Tour of Marin. ray Green, Brighton,
> England
I don't know Don Howarth, but I remember Nick "The Bike Barb". I was racing against Nick when I was 20 and I believe he was past 60, although I didn't know it at the time. Judging by his appearance and riding you couldn't tell.
I'll ask around.
Morgan -- Morgan Fletcher, morgan@hahaha.org Oakland, CA, USA