I think the bikes with naked women painted on them may only be listed in the "adults only" section of Ebay - everyone knows that grown up and somewhat gray-haired adult males who play with their bicycles are not mature enough to be allowed into that section.
Ken Freeman, adding streamers and baseball cards to my bike in
Ann Arbor, MI USA
-----Original Message-----
From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Prigmore
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:02 PM
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli
>
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 21:12:10 +0000 (GMT)
>From: gholl(AT)optonline.net
>Subject: Re: [CR]Sauvage-Lejeune, the anti-Cinelli
>
>In fact I believe you are right, I've also heard that African
>Americans do collect "this sort of thing." Furthermore, I understand
>that even Holocaust museums collect Nazi items, for ambiance, I
>suppose. I have taken the liberty of forwarding your link to this
>Sambo-bike to the collector you have indicated. Slave collars I'm sure
>are dime-a-dozen but a nice racist bike must be a real rarity. I'm
>sure he'll want to add it to his collection (even if it has a bit of
bondo).
>Best regards, George Hollenberg MD
>CT, USA
>
Dear Dr. Hollenberg:
Being new to the classic bike hobby, I'm now more than a little concerned. Are there any other racist bikes out there I should look out for? And how does one tell? Are there clues aside from the headbadge? And can a racist bike be reformed by removing it's headbadge, or is the bike permeated with racisim and thus worthy only of consignment to the scrap heap? I don't think the Italvega I just bought is racist, but then again, there is that connection of Italian bikes to the Fascists. And then there's my Japanese bikes, which have probably never been accused of being racially sensitive. At least I don't own any really old bikes with depictions of naked women.
Jeez, I think I need an aspirin.
Jerry G. Prigmore, P.E. Clovis, California, USA.
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