On 9/22/06, Joe King <joeking@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> Ted,
> Ossie Dover was the tailor to the cyclists he was a Jewish tailor from
> Liverpool. Now sadly sitting at his cutting table up in heaven with his
> beloved Higgins Trike beside him I'll bet. He had a sister Hilda who
> never learnt to ride a
> bike but tricycled everywhere also on a Higgins. Both wonderful
> characters and greatly missed.
> Hebden Cord Company will make you your whipcords and any other
> traditional cycling attire. Won't be as good as Ossie's! Try an internet
> search.
Isn't Hebden Cord now out of business? I was searching around to find a nice pair of classic wool breeks, and read something to the effect that they had shut down. Sad!
sasha 'it's getting cold round here' eysymontt, nyc
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