>From: "Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
>Subject:
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:00:29 -0400
>
>A few years ago I remember talking to a chap from the Netherlands, who
was
>working in a bike store in my home town (Kingston, Ontario), who
remembers
>stripping NR and SR parts off bikes while he was a mechanic in Holland
and
>simply throwing them into large bins in the back of the shop. This used
to
>happen at the end of every race season as riders would upgrade to the
new
>year's parts. He remembers that in most cases there was nothing wrong
with
>them. Made me weep when he told me that - oh that I had a time
machine!!!
>
>Paul Williams,
>Ottawa, ON, Canada
This practice was not unknown here in Canada, with *unridden* imported Czech Favorit bicycles (I can recall two shops in Alberta that did this): the frames were rubbish and just an excuse to bring Campy stuff in cheaply, and were pitched in a dumpster after having their "jewelry" removed.
Paul Woloshansky
Calgary, Alberta
Canada