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(?).