JB Froke wrote:
> CR friends -- especially Neil Berg,
>
> Today, I was granted several hours of freedom from Mayo World and made
> haste through gale and a threatnin' flurry to Austin, Minnesota
> just to
> visit and jaw-drop upon the Rydjor Bike Shop, the actualized vision of
> the late Dan Ulwelling. In addition to standing agape beneath the
> splendid gallery of vintage bikes, which can be viewed in 2-D c/o the
> shop's website, I met most if not all of the shop's superb staff.
> Wonderful, open and warm guys who obviously were very proud of their
> association with Dan, the shop and the collection: sensitive and
> knowledgeable apprentices all. So, my purpose here is neither to
> describe details of my visit (visually attainable on the web) nor the
> shop's august contents (but I was asked which was my favorite bike:
> hmmm: ouch: the 58 CILO..., no! the 52 AUTOMOTO.... jeez...), but to
> convey the personal warmth and physical authenticity of a shop that
> is a
> relative newbie (<20 years) in the galaxy of this old dog's universe.
> It was a fine day, albeit amidst a 40 F max temp and steady blowing
> rain.
RYDJOR BIKE SHOP: BIKE COLLECTION - Dan Ulwelling
http://www.rydjor.com/
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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