Re: [CR]new-old Ozzy addition to my wooljersey gallery - Bon Star

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]new-old Ozzy addition to my wooljersey gallery - Bon Star
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:07:11 -0700
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On Apr 30, 2007, at 8:03 PM, David Ross wrote:
> For some reason I have yet to discern, a bike with this sort of
> geometry is called a "scorcher" in Oz-speak. Can anyone explain that?
>
> Dave Ross

In the 1890's, before automobiles ruled the roads, bicyclists were referred to as "Scorchers" because of their blazing speed. Your bike has frame geometry from the 1890s(?).

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA