Peter was at the start in Sausalito, although I didn't get to meet him.
He approached Bill Lambert, our medical control UCI guy, who raced way back when with Peter and all the rest of the old timers.
Before the start saw a really nice PX-10 that had been rescued from goodwill according to the owner. Also an old Rossin. Been keeping an eye out for classic steel along the race course and today say a bike from the San Marcos Masi production. Turned out to have been Dedre Chamberlains old bike from 1982 or so...
Oh yeah, the Museum at the start of the Sausalito stage had a nice display on the Original (Tm) Tour of California. See it if you can get there.
Jim Allen
Riccardo Bulissimo wrote:
>Since the Amgen Tour of California was brought up, I'll help rescue it from the "off-topic police" by reminding those who were born yesterday that the archives have references aplenty to the ORIGINAL Tour of California, the one from 1970 that was a true professional stage race, with pro teams from Raliegh, Columbia ( the country, not manufacturer) and Mexico. The parcourse was throughout out Northern California. The venerable and underappreciated Peter Rich of Velo-Sport Cyclery in Berkeley and Charlie Allert (sp?) were the prime movers, and Peter dang near bankrupted himself paying for it.
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> I contacted the current organization a while ago and suggested they get Peter over to the festivities on Sunday and let him cut ribbon or at least give him a ringside seat, since it was SRO ( standing room only).
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> Peter deserves a throne, if not at least a chair for all he has done for cycling over the years.
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> Riccardo Bulissimo
> Verdi,Nevada