As you can cee, speling is not my stwrong suite.
Chuk Schmidt South Pasadina, CA
On Jan 18, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Peter Tutty wrote:
> Chuch wrote:
>
> "Snob? Can't see how that would apply to anyone that peddled a
> bicycle."
>
> Maybe not a bicycle peddler (ie seller), but certainly applicable
> to someone who pedaled a bicycle (ie cyclist).
>
> Peter Tutty
> Londonderry NSW, Australia
>
> (On the on topic 1979 Falcon fixie today in 100 degree F heat).
>
>
>
> Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Don Gillies wrote:
>
> > Honestly,
> > in the crowd I used to hang out with (Prairie Cycle Club in the
> > midwest, specifically in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois), in the mid
> 70's
> > you would go to a ride and people would 'size you up' .... :
> >
> > - if you had japanese parts, you were an intelligent
> > thoughtful and well-read cyclist (Bicycling!)
> >
> > - if you had campagnolo nuovo record parts or better,
> > you were a snob.
> >
> > - if you had french parts, you weren't mechanically
> > inclined enough to be able to change over to japanese
> > parts ...
> >
> > so you had to watch what signals you were sending by
> > riding with french or high-end italian parts !!!
>
>
>
> Things were different on the West Coast in the mid 70s (hardly
> surprising); I belonged to PAA (Pasadena Athletic Association) Cycle
> Club and later Montrose Cycle Club, both racing clubs. And since it
> was the mid 70s virtually everyone raced on Campagnolo... French
> stuff, Spanish stuff, and Japanese stuff was "off the back" as it
> were.
>
> Snob? Can't see how that would apply to anyone that peddled a bicycle.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA
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