> ............I suspect you
> would have to go outside of Manhattan and look in Queens or
> Brooklyn. My guess would be Bellitte's in Jamaica, Queens.
I have seen some shops in Queens that look like they have not sold a
bike in 30 years.
> I don't know what the place is like these days but, in my
> youth, this was one of the places to go for everything from
> balloon tire bikes to track bikes to race on the flat oval at
> Flushing Meadow.
Its not flat it's banked.
See:
http://www.bikecult.com/
And speaking of shops, how I miss Al Toefield's shop on the LIE up
from the track.
http://www.usbhof.com/
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Joe Szokoli
New York City