In a message dated 4/12/06 8:46:52 AM, sykerocker@yahoo.com writes:
>According to my memory, the boutique bike buying started back in the days
>when a high class bike shop was just a clean version of the LBS.
There have been bike shops catering to the upper crust for a long time. Hans Oort in Beverley Hills-and San Francisco-sold a lot of bikes to movies stars and the like. Chuck Schmidt and I have often wondered what wonderful discoveries lurk in the garages of long time Beverley Hills residents. Phil Brown Going to work in what I believe is Hans Oort's old shop in San Francisco, not San Rafael, Calif.