Re: [CR]Old bikes Was: Stopping fixed-gear bikes

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli:Laser)

From: "cmontgomery" <cmontgomery15@cox.net>
To: "classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <BAY107-DAV8191F39AD233116BEE2CAB8DF0@phx.gbl> <42D32E7C.2030507@new.rr.com> <42D355E9.D5B7A02D@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Old bikes Was: Stopping fixed-gear bikes
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:12:09 -0700



> > Yeah, but you old farts couldn't go very fast anyway, what with those
> > limestone wheels and tree-limb axles... :-)
> >
> > John "duck and run" (john@os2.dhs.org)
> > Appleton WI USA
>
>
> John,
> Here's the wheel I learned to ride on as a wee lad...
> http://www.velo-retro.com/BCwheel.jpg
>
> Chuck "B.C." Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
>

I remember BC riding along on his stone wheel and tree limb axle wearing a beret. Why? Because the sign up ahead said: "French Dips in the Road."

Craig Montgomery-still laughing at that one after 30 years-in Tucson