Re: [CR]Green Bikes and superstitions

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Chater-Lea)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:07:31 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR]Green Bikes and superstitions
From: "Al Feng" <alfeng@juno.com>


Bianchi ...

Al Feng Albuquerque, NM

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:12:41 -0800 (PST) Jay Van De Velde <jaysportif@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>
> emeneff@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>
> >Good thing that I'm not bothered by that subjectivity foible. Just
> as long
> as everyone accepts my feeling that BLUE bicycles have always had a
> faster
> "feel"
> than most RED bicycles. I've brought this up with a number of
> ex-racers and
> old-timers and we usually always agree. Green seems to be
> in-between.<
>
> There's a long standing belief that green bikes (and motorcycles
> and race cars, with the exception of BRG) are to be avoided like
> peanuts in pit lane or bananas on fishing boats. A question for the
> historians out there: other than Wiel's Groene Leeuw, who HAD to be
> green, have there ever been any pro teams with green livery?
> Jay "owner of a green Pogliaghi" Van De Velde,
> Seal Beach,CA
>
> "believing in superstitions causes bad luck"