Careful Courtney,
Anymore of these informative posts and we'll strip you of your lurker status. Glad you made it home OK.
Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ USA
On 10/13/06 4:15 PM, "Courtney Johnson" <courtney@boreal.org> wrote:
> I rode that bike, it is a repainted 1950 Gillot. I can't remember
> the rider's name, but he is a friend of Joel Metz. I first spotted
> the bike saturday out side the exhibition hall at L'Eroica and was
> admiring it when the owner came along and we started talking bikes.
> It had a bit of tire clearance so I think it may have been a Path
> Racer type of fixie, he didn't have much history on the bike but
> knew it's age from the serial#. I wish i remembered the owner's
> name, he let me ride it around 'the block' and it rode beautifully
> smooth, not twitchy like a steep angled track bike.
> I just got home from 16 sunny days in Italy, including L'Eroica, and
> now am watching the snow come down while I unpack. I will have an
> extended L'Eroica report in a few days.
>
> Courtney Johnson
> Grand Marais, MN
>
> ps . thanks for the great ride
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:50 AM, Bob Hanson wrote:
>
>> Hey Bob,
>> Do you happen to know what that bike was (ridden by the Berlin
>> messenger):
>>
>> http://wooljersey.com/
>>
>> Nice looking bike, but OUCH! My brittle old bones scream at the
>> thought
>> of even riding it around the block. Nevertheless, it's nice to see
>> there is still someone out there with legs of steel, flexible
>> joints and
>> limitless confidence.
>>
>> Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA