Hi Dale, Thanks for the update. Charles may still be able to rent a tandem in downtown Eugene. Eugene was the venue for the annual "Burley Tandems Stage Race (6 stages)" held for many years and well attended. As a result, there are many tandems in town. Sorry to hear of Burley's hard times. As I have been told by some of their employees, they were a "cooperative" company and set up such that all the employees received the same pay from the CEO to the janitor! In 1991 the pay was $7.50/hour.
Good luck Charles,
Paul
At 11:52 AM -0400 8-19-07, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
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>Off topic but now part of American bicycle history, Burley ceased
>manufacturing bicycles this past year or so. They apparently fell on
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>1410 Mill Street
>Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 USA
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dr. Paul J.Wilson <paul@wilsondesigns.net>
>To: Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com>; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 8:52 am
>Subject: Re: [CR]renting a tandem in Portland...
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>At 5:38 PM -0700 8-18-07, Charles Andrews wrote:?
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>>Carmen and I are planning to go to Portland Oregon in October for a ride?
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>>and to visit family, and we were thinking of driving up with our tandem.?
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>> It's a hellacious drive though, and I'm not sure we want to spend that?
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>>We would fly, if we could *rent* a tandem on the other end. Does anyone?
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>>Please e-mail me if you have any leads.?
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