ATTENTION ALL LIST MEMBERS!!!!!!!!:
Well, with the end of summer upon us, and me trying to get as much fun in as possible, it's time for the more or less monthly meeting of the Brooklyn Velodrome Vintage
Wheelmen.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday August 29, 2006.
The BVVW group is comprised of about 25 hardcore certified
freaks, who will hangout and talk bike stuff for about 2 hours.The BVVW is a
tangent of Gruppo Sportivo Pergolizzi.
This will be an informal gathering of all N.Y. metro area cyclists who
share an interest in vintage bicycles and cycling history. As always, youse is all invited.
Meet at the corporate headquarters of The Hartford Insurance Co., 2 Park
Avenue, 7th floor (between 32ed and 33rd Streets (on the West side of the
Avenue), Manhattan, New York City.
You MUST bring PHOTO I.D. !!!!!!!!!!
We will talk the old talk (1930 to 1980) of cycling, our heroes, and
their bicycles and parts. Subject for the evenings discussion will be: Paper Goods and Interesting Correspondence". Please bring any appropriate memorabilia. I will be showing my collection of original correspondence from and to the Tom Avenia shop in N.Y.C with Cinelli, Regina, Stella etc. and race programs from the 30's, 40's and 50's.
Meet at 5:30 p.m. for a 6:00 o'clock start. BIG Thank you goes to Mike Schmidt for the top-o-de-line place.
At around 8:00p.m. we will go for eats. The restaurant is "REDSKY", and is in the immediate area. It's a regular joint with burgers and club sandwiches and a rooftop to lounge and eat on.
Please make every effort to come as we never get enough fun and the corporate board room is HUGE!!
Any yet unattended CR members from the vicinity, we're STILL waiting for youse guys to show up.
PLEASE e-mail me if your "new" ( that means you haven't been to a meeting) and plan to attend as I need a list for corporate security.
John T. Pergolizzi,
BVVW Omnipotent Despot
Brooklyn, New York
1-917-770-2025