John Jorgensen wrote:
> Chuck Schmidt wrote and snipped:
>
> As has been pointed out by Phil Brown, Hans Ohrt introduced
> lightweight bikes to
> the Hollywood stars from his Beverly Hills bike shop in the late
> 1930s. Nothing new.
>
> Small point of information.
>
> Hans Ohrt was Hans Ohrt Lightweight Bicycles, later incorporated
> was added.
>
> Beverly Hills Bike Shop was a different shop on Robertson. That
> benefitted when Hans Ohrt gave up Schwinn.
>
> Above the front door of Hans Ohrt was a bronze plaque:
>
> "It is my notion that mankind would all be better mortals if they
> all rode bicycles"
> -Hans Ohrt
>
> Passed under it every day to work in the 70's.
>
> John Jorgensen
> Torrance Ca
Yeah, what I meant to say instead of "his Beverly Hills bike shop" was "his bike shop in Beverly Hills." (Tough crowd on CR list...)
Beverly Hills _B_ike _S_hop (not _b_ike _s_hop) carried the uber-cool Gios Torino frame in the foam box with the jersey, pantographed parts and touch up paint! I remember they also had a Molteni cap signed by Merckx hanging on the wall too.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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