Paul You could try Les at les@sendmanor.f9.co.uk for a diect contact. Be in touch Doug
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> > > On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Jonathanadamgree@aol.com wrote:> > >> >
Picture 39 and 40 is our now local to FL, USA cycling official > > Joan. I
knew> > she had been doing it awhile but I didn't know 25+years. The next >
> time she> > gives the smack down to one of the Juniors on my team I'm go
nna > > show a picture> > of her and say "you aint the first". She takes no
crap and now I > > know why.> >> > Jonathan Greene> > Oviedo FL> >> >> > I
n a message dated 11/21/2007 11:07:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,> > devoti
on_finesse@hotmail.com writes:> >> > Andy Shen just posted a bunch of great
pics from the 1982 Union > > Square Crit> > erium:> >> > http://www.flickr
.com/photos/daneil/sets/72157603247236974/detail/> >> > I recognize Lou Mal
tese, Toga team kits, a Richard Sachs frame and > > a young> > Greg Lemond.
..> >> > Any other listmembers racing in NYC at that time remember that rac
e?> >> > I was 4 years old and 3,000 miles away...> >> > Matthew Bowne> > B
rooklyn, New York> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > *********************************
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anadamgree@aol.com> To: jswan@optonline.net> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist
.org> Subject: Re: [CR]NYC Cycling Pics - 1982> Message-ID: <c4c.2300bd29.3
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> In a message dated 11/23/2007 7:41:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > jswan
@optonline.net writes:> > Joan's last name is Durdalleur so of course every
one said "derailleur". > > > > Jaime,> > FWIW Joan's name is now Joan Sheis
.> > Jonathan Greene> Oviedo FL> > > > ************************************
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@optonline.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]More....NYC Cy
cling Pics - 1982> Message-ID: <8C9FBEDADF90507-ADC-ED9@WEBMAIL-DC20.sysops
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E-Version: 1.0> Precedence: list> Message: 4> > > Jamie wrote: > << Joan's
last name is Durdalleur so of course everyone said "derailleur". S> he has
two sons, IIRC Paul and John, who were very good riders in the late 7> 0's.
Coincidentally they both rode for Toga. >>> > Joan was an incredibly hard
worker and although toughm, had a heart of gold.> .. Actually Paul rode for
me for two years, during which he won the national> crit championship as a
master (called "veteran" at that time.)> > << Dale pointed out Paul Pearso
n in the photos. Around that time Paul lived > in the Durdalleurs' basement
. >>> > Maybe that was when Paul lived in northern Va. just outside DC, the
region w> here the Cirque will be taking place this coming Spring! > > <<
A few years back John Pergolizzi rented a condo in San Deigo for the Wint>
er and one of his neighbors noticed his bikes. The guy turns out to be Paul
> Durdalleur. >>> > That's cool. > > Richard Sachs saw these pics and sent
this to me:> > << (Bruce) donaghy on shimano aero/tomasinni:> > http://www
.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2050001941&size=o&context=set-> 7215760
3247236974 >>> > The bikes those guys road are like this one:> http://www.c
lassicrendezvous.com/Italy/Tommasini/Tomo_Ware_1.htm> > and Richrad added:>
<<i saw many RS frames and some toga merceneries hired> just for the race:
(Tom) prehn, pearson, jackson. also saw a> jeff bradley, alan mccormack, a
nd many near famous> nyc area stars!> e-RICHIE©â\u201e¢Â®Â >>
> > > > > Dale Brown> cycles de ORO Bike Shop> 1410 Mill Street> Greensboro
, North Carolina 27408 USA> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: J
ames Swan <jswan@optonline.net>> To: Jonathanadamgree@aol.com> Cc: classicr
endezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 7:41 am> Subject: Re: [CR]NY
C Cycling Pics - 1982> > > > > > > > > > Joan's last name is Durdalleur so
of course everyone said "derailleur". She > has two sons, IIRC Paul and Joh
n, who were very good riders in the late 70's> . Coincidentally they both r
ode for Toga. >  > > Dale pointed out Paul Pearson in the photos. Aro
und that time Paul lived in > the Durdalleurs' basement. >  > > A few
years back John Pergolizzi rented a condo in San Deigo for the Winter > an
d one of his neighbors noticed his bikes. The guy turns out to be Paul Dur>
dalleur. >  > > Here is a picture of Joan talking to another cycling
luminary Fred Mengioni.> (you have to scroll down a bit)Â > Â > > http
://centerportcycles.com/pages/scrapbook/scrapbook02.html >  > >  >
> Jamie Swan > > Northport, N.Y. > > Centerport Cycles Inc. > > h
ttp://www.centerportcycles.com > > http://www.limws.org > > http://ww
w.liatca.org > > http://www.cabinfeverauctions.com >  > >  > >
On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Jonathanadamgree@aol.com wrote:Â > Â > > >
 > > > Picture 39 and 40 is our now local to FL, USA cycling official >
Joan. I > knew > > > she had been doing it awhile but I didn't know 25+y
ears. The next > time s> he > > > gives the smack down to one of the Jun
iors on my team I'm gonna > show a p> icture > > > of her and say "you a
int the first". She takes no crap and now I > know wh> y. > > > > > >
Jonathan Greene > > > Oviedo FL > > > > > > > > > In a message
dated 11/21/2007 11:07:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > > devotion_fi
nesse@hotmail.com writes:Â > > >Â > > > Andy Shen just posted a bunch o
f great pics from the 1982 Union > Square > Crit > > > erium: > > >
 > > > http://www.flickr.com/
listmembers racing in NYC at that time remember that race?Â> > > >Â >
> > I was 4 years old and 3,000 miles away... > > > > > > Matthew Bo
wne > > > Brooklyn, New York > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>Â > > >Â > > >Â > > > **************************************Check ou
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-0500> From: "Edward Albert" <Edward.H.Albert@hofstra.edu>> To: <Classicren
dezvous@bikelist.org>> Subject: [CR]Palmer Swap meet> Message-ID: <s746a243
.024@gw15.hofstra.edu>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII> MIME-
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> > I don't recall if anyone has posted about this already, but there is a>
swap meet this coming Sunday the 25th in Palmer, Mass. Below is a link> wi
th information. There will, I think, be a cyclocross ract taking> place at
the same venue.> > http://www.bikereg.com/
Feet are my Achilles' heal> It's always tricky maintaining the correct env
ironment> Leg warmers, tights, multiple socks, shoe covers> In winter legs
and feet have their own massive wardrobe> > Too much coverage, the feet wil
l sweat, then chill> Too little, and they'll quickly freeze> And no power i
n Heaven or Earth will warm them again> Save for a hot soak in the tub> > A
strong wind from the North-West> Blows the sleet nearly horizontal> The ki
nd of wind which drives the ice> Through gaps between neck and collar, slee
ve and glove> > In such a wind the eyeballs will chill> You can feel the co
ld when you blink> The tip of your nose will collect ice> While your mouth
becomes fourth-pint sluggish> > It's an dangerous environment, riding on a
day like today> The weather behaves like a predator> So cold, so wet, so vu
lnerable and exposed...> > God, I wish I didn't have to work today!> > Aldo
Ross> Middletown, Ohio> USA> > > ------------------------------> > Date: F
ri, 23 Nov 2007 11:35:09 -0500> From: "Dr. Paul Williams" <castell5@sympati
co.ca>> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>> Subject: [CR]Needed copy of L
es Bowerman's paper on British Time-trialling> Message-ID: <037c01c82dee$d0
3d6510$0300a8c0@ourlaptop>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1"
> MIME-Version: 1.0> Precedence: list> Message: 7> > Hi Folks,> > I am doin
g a little academic research and need to find a copy of Les > Bowerman's pa
per: "The Evolution of Time-Trialling in Britain: A > Peculiarly British Fo
rm of Cycle Racing" from Cycle History 13 - the > Proceedings ofthe 13th In
ternational Cycling History Conference, > Muenster, Germany 2002.> > If any
listmember has a copy of this paper I would appreciate a scanned > copy pl
ease.> > Thanks,> > Paul Williams,> Ottawa, ON, Canada> > --- StripMime Rep
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3 Nov 2007 09:50:26 -0800 (PST)> From: bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]> Fork steerer length and
headset stack? A fit or a mathematical conundrum?> Message-ID: <252262.852
16.qm@web51602.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso
-8859-1> MIME-Version: 1.0> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit> Precedence: li
st> Reply-To: rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com> Message: 8> > Listers I have a m
athematical delema to solve. I have a nice frame but have been seeking the
appropriate fork for the frame. I have purchased a short fork and have pric
ed out the work of having it lengthened, but there may be an opportunity fo
r an original in the proper size.> The bike in question is a 57cm c2c frame
with the head tube being 155 in length without the headset cups. I intend
to install a Nuovo Record steel road headset. The offered fork has 183 mm o
f steerer tube. Now what is the best way to mathematically determine if thi
s will fit the said fork on my frame??? Bruce> > > Bruce Thomson Spokane WA
99204 > (509) 747 4314 > Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com>
> > > > > ---------------------------------> Be a better sports nut! Let yo
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v 2007 09:57:57 -0800 (PST)> From: bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>> To:
Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Picture of the Day, missing i
n action?> Message-ID: <948920.26850.qm@web51607.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> Conte
nt-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> MIME-Version: 1.0> Content-Trans
fer-Encoding: 8bit> Precedence: list> Reply-To: rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
> Message: 9> > I think it was Aldo Ross that posted the Pic of the Day eac
h and every day. I miss this little bit of cycling history. If he could col
lect those photographs in an archive there would be enough meat for a book.
It would even be good on its own web page. Did this stop for a reason or j
ust died of its own accord? Bruce> > > Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204 > (50
9) 747 4314 > Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com> > > > > > --
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l> ---> ------------------------------> > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:58:10 +
1300> From: Wayne Davidson <wayne.collect@xtra.co.nz>> To: rapidfire10ring@
hotmail.com> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR] Fork ste
erer length and headset stack? A fit or a> mathematical conundrum?> Message
-ID: <474714B2.7000504@xtra.co.nz>> In-Reply-To: <252262.85216.qm@web51602.
mail.re2.yahoo.com>> References: <252262.85216.qm@web51602.mail.re2.yahoo.c
om>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> MIME-
Version: 1.0> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit> Precedence: list> Message: 1
0> > Hi Bruce, your stack height is 28mm,> > Stack height.> (Nuovo) Record
Strada (road) is 39.1 mm.> Super Record road is taller at 42.2 mm.> Record
and Super Record Pista (track), Gran Sport, are all 33.7 mm.> > So as you c
an see from the dimensions you are out of luck to fit any > Campagnolo, you
will need a steerer of 194 to fit a NR headset, and 197 > to fit a SR head
set, best of luck, been there done that wayne davidson > invers NZ.........
...> > > bruce thomson wrote:> > Listers I have a mathematical delema to so
lve. I have a nice frame but have been seeking the appropriate fork for the
frame. I have purchased a short fork and have priced out the work of havin
g it lengthened, but there may be an opportunity for an original in the pro
per size.> > The bike in question is a 57cm c2c frame with the head tube be
ing 155 in length without the headset cups. I intend to install a Nuovo Rec
ord steel road headset. The offered fork has 183 mm of steerer tube. Now wh
at is the best way to mathematically determine if this will fit the said fo
rk on my frame??? Bruce> >> >> > Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204 > > (509) 7
47 4314 > > Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com> > > >> >> > >
> ------------------------------> > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:07:22 -0800 (
PST)> From: bruce thomson <masi3v4me@yahoo.com>> To: Stronglight49@aol.com,
classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: RE: [CR] fixie thing has gone too
far! > Message-ID: <142298.94579.qm@web51603.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> In-Reply
-To: <c0e.1b748cec.3476ed49@aol.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=i
so-8859-1> MIME-Version: 1.0> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit> Precedence:
list> Reply-To: rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com> Message: 11> > Just remember w
hat the "fixie" crowd produces: Scrap metal and great practice for emergenc
y medical technicians. BT> > Stronglight49@aol.com wrote: Well, with the po
wder coat the bike won't get too scratched...> when it throws him on his he
ad. > > Nothing quite like: > > 1.) a low road bike bottom bracket > 2.) lo
ng crank arms> 3.) a fixed gear> 4.) a wide road pedal> 5.) a cocky first t
ime fixie rider> > all entering a fast un-banked turn... to spell imminent
disaster.> > I see a painful learning curve on someone's horizon.> A long f
all from a tall bike. > I like it :-)> > > BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEX
ICO, USA> > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's lis
t of 2007's hottest > products.> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products
-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)> _______________________________________
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ttp://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classicrendezvous> > > > Bruce Thom
son Spokane WA 99204 > (509) 747 4314 > Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring
@hotmail.com> > > > > > ---------------------------------> Be a better pen
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ri, 23 Nov 2007 18:07:43 +0000> From: bhufford3@mchsi.com (Bob Hufford)> To
: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Picture of the Day, missing
in action?> Message-ID: <112320071807.29394.474716EE000AE516000072D22197913
36303010CD2079C080C03BFCC0B9D0100009A080D@mchsi.com>> Precedence: list> Mes
sage: 12> > bruce thomson <masi3v4me(AT)yahoo.com> wrote:> > > I think it w
as Aldo Ross that posted the Pic of the Day each and > > every day. I miss
this little bit of cycling history. If he could > > collect those photograp
hs in an archive there would be enough meat for > > a book. It would even b
e good on its own web page.> > Well, there is a web page:> > http://www.woo
ljersey.com/gallery/v/aldoross/pd/> > Bob Hufford> Springfield, MO> -------
-----------------------> > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:12:52 -0500> From: dev
otion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>> To: <rapidfire10ring@hotmail.
com>, <stronglight49@aol.com>,> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>> Subject:
RE: [CR] fixie thing has gone too far!> Message-ID: <BLU122-W87A2C1B9F6F3D1
DFA8ED9F57A0@phx.gbl>> In-Reply-To: <142298.94579.qm@web51603.mail.re2.yaho
o.com>> References: <c0e.1b748cec.3476ed49@aol.com>> <142298.94579.qm@web51
603.mail.re2.yahoo.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1">
MIME-Version: 1.0> Precedence: list> Message: 13> > > >From time to time, i
t also produces a few dedicated vintage bicycle enthusi> asts. If it wasn't
for the messengers that I saw on vintage steel in the s> treets of NYC ten
years ago, I might not have purchased that first Somec tr> ack bike and fo
und my way to Classic Rendezvous.> > Matthew "rather see old steel on the r
oad than hanging in your living room"> Bowne> Brooklyn, New York> > > > > >
----------------------------------------> > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:07:2
2 -0800> > From: masi3v4me@yahoo.com> > Subject: RE: [CR] fixie thing has g
one too far! > > To: Stronglight49@aol.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > > Just remember what the "fixie" crowd produces: Scrap metal and great
pra> ctice for emergency medical technicians. BT> > > > Stronglight49@aol.
com wrote: Well, with the powder coat the bike won't ge> t too scratched...
> > when it throws him on his head. > > > > Nothing quite like: > > > > 1.)
a low road bike bottom bracket > > 2.) long crank arms> > 3.) a fixed gear
> > 4.) a wide road pedal> > 5.) a cocky first time fixie rider> > > > all
entering a fast un-banked turn... to spell imminent disaster.> > > > I see
a painful learning curve on someone's horizon.> > A long fall from a tall b
ike. > > I like it :-)> > > > > > BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA>
> > > > > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's li
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Pergolizzi rented a condo in San Deigo for the > Winter and one of his nei
ghbors noticed his bikes. The guy turns out > to be Paul Durdalleur."> > We
ll, not .......exactly. Here's the whole story:> > Back in "ought three", S
ally and I decided to spend the winter> in San Diego; just to get away from
the cold of New York City. On a> preliminary reconnaissance trip in Octobe
r, we found a building that> looked good. It was a Sunday and there was no
one around and only a> number on a "for rent" sign. > We were leaving early
the next day, so I called upon our return to New> York and made arrangemen
ts to rent an apartment for about three months;> from January to early Apri
l of the next year. > The key arrived in the mail and soon enough it was ti
me to get> away from the coming frigid cold. It was a late arriving flight
and by> the time we got to the building in La Jolla it must have been close
to> midnight. I slipped the key into the lock, turned the knob, and was> g
reeted by THE WORST stench of mold ya might ever imagine! Agh no! The> maid
had changed the sheets and towels, but the joint must have been> closed fo
r weeks, at least. It was bad. We opened all the windows and> made the best
of it for the night. Next day we went in search of a> better joint.> A few
blocks away we found a better apartment, with a bit of a> view of the ocea
n (this all sounds tough, doesn't it? ), went back to> joint #1, and loaded
our bags and put our bikes (still boxed) on to two> shopping center carts
and pushed our way through La Jolla. To get the> full impact, ya gotta unde
rstand this is a kinda fancy schmancy area,> palm trees, on the ocean, a bi
t a high zoot factor. Hoiyty toity. And> now we're the local bum couple rol
ling through town with all of our> worldly belongings in carts! Cool!> Anyw
ayz, we move the stuff into the apartment up two flights of> stairs and all
is well with the world. > Late afternoon, I go down to throw out some pack
ing and I see> the handyman. I ask "Mark" if he has a yellow pages so that
we could> see what's where. I notice that there is a kinda scraggly looking
fella> hanging out in the patio area located between the two buildings of
the> property. I ask, and Handy man Mark reply's "nope", he doesn't have a>
yellow pages; can't help. O.K.> An hour or so later, I go back down to thr
ow out more stuff, and> who do I see approaching from the opposite stairs?
Yep, the scraggly> looking guy. And..... he's carrying a yellow pages in hi
s hand.> "Scraggly" see's me and say's "Hi, I was just coming to look for y
ou."> Ahhh,.... o.k., the guys a bum .....and he likes guys. Be careful her
e> Johnny.> Scraggly goes on to explain how he had over heard my request to
> handy man Mark for a phone book, and how he, Scraggly, and his wife,> liv
e in the opposit building of the complex. And they have a yellow> pages tha
t I was more then welcome to. He introduces himself.... Peter> Durdaller. P
eter DURDALLER! Hummm.....my gears start churning! How> many a these Durdal
ler's could ther be?> Well, stick with me on this: about a year before this
> encounter, a good buddy a mine, "The Beast", happened to strike up a> con
versation with another train passenger while riding the Long Island> Rail R
oad to work one evening. Beast is a former National class bicycle> racer an
d is now a baker. Beast works at night so everyone in Hewlett,> Long Island
can have fresh bread the next day.> Turns out that the other passenger is
also a former bicycle> racer and has a nice black Frejus road bike from the
old days and he> might be interested in selling her.> Can youse see where
all this is leading?> Of course The Beast tells me, gives me the guys numbe
r, and> appropriate arrangements were made. I contact the guy, take the tra
in> out to Long Island and see the bike. She is a nice 21 inch or so 1960's
> Frejus Campionato del Mondo, top o de line!> The fella introduces himself
to me; he's Paul Durdaller. The> bike had been won years ago in some race.
And he, his brother and his> sister had all used it. A price was agreed up
on and I went home with> her. Even rode her from Penn Station about a mile
back home in mid town> Manhattan! > Little black Frejus was destined, ever
since I first heard of> her existence, for the clutches of "Frejus John". T
his guy is the black> hole of the mark from Torino, Italy ; he buys um ALL,
but NEVER sells a> thing. A good profit was banked and all was right with
the World again.> Fast forward a year later: > > Remember the guys with the
yellow pages now standing in front of> me, Peter ? I realize this has GOTT
A be Long Island Paul Durdaller's> brother. It's just gotta be. BUT, rather
that state the obvious, I> decided to have some fun. > So, I says " So, ah
h..., tell me,...ahh...., that little black> Frejus Road Bike,....ahhh,...
was that your's, your brothers or your> sister's?" > Peter's head starts to
tilt a bit sideways, kinda like a German> Shepard's when the dog hears wha
t we can't. Peter's eyes then narrow to> a sharp squint and his ears perk u
p. What is he getting ready for a> sprint?> Well, to keep a long story shor
t (HA!), Peter and his wife Shira> are here in San Diego and his mom, JoAnn
( who terrorized many a rider)> is in Florida. Say hello to her for me.> >
John T.Pergolizzi> La Jolla> > I can't make this stuff up, it's way too co
mplicated.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------
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