I had a pair of those wonderful Gant gloves back in 1981. Got them at International Pro Bike Shop when they were located in Centerville, Ohio. I think it was the only pair they ever had. Top quality leather, beautifully made, lasted a long long time. In fact, they are the gloves I'm wearing in this photo of me on Pic of the Day:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Wish I could still get those gloves... and the Sidi "Super Cycle Titanium" shoes! I also wish that Famcucine jersey still fit, but that's a whole other topic :-)
Aldo Ross (120 lbs soaking wet back then in) Middletown, Ohio
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: "kim klakow" <Akimbo71@gmx.net>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Upon my passing
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:08:04 -0800
> Nope: My Webster's New World Dictionary of The American
> Language: gantlet n. [ earlier gantlope < Sw. gatlopp,
> a running down a lane < gata, lane (akin to G. gasse: see
> gait) + lopp, a run akin to leap] 1. a) a former military
> punishment in which the offender had to run between two
> rows of men who struck him with clubs, etc. as he passed.
> -- run the gantlet 1. to be punished by means of the
> gantlet 2. to proceed while under attack from both sides
> , as by criticism, gossip, etc. As I remember, many
> American indian tribes also used the gantlet as a
> punishment and test of truth. Don't know whether the
> Indians or the military copied the other. That's another
> research. First I'm going to build another set of wood
> rims. These for a fellow collector's oulde Bianchi track
> bike. You need to check out Lederstrumpf and Karl May
> again, Jim. I suspect the original spelling is falling to
> the "au" common usage as many other words and expressions
> do in an evolving and living language. Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates, Ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kim klakow" <Akimbo71@gmx.net>
> To: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Upon my passing
>
>
> >> One runs the gantlet, one throws down the gauntlet. <
> >
> >
> > Nope. It's both "gauntlet". I didn't even find "gantlet"
> > in the dictionary;
> > bike talk?
> > In french it is "gantelet" or "gant" and this is a
> > "rantelet" or "rant" ;-)
> >
> > kim
> >
> > --
> > Kim Klakow
> >
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