Re: [CR]Water Bottle Quiz ...

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From: "Robert Clair" <r.clair@cox.net>
To: <adam@onetwentyeight.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Water Bottle Quiz ...
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:09:20 -0500
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... was there sometime in 1982. had a bit of a patch, getting some other folks from an expo show over there, it was a geography/map making show. ... Pacific was on the edge of the "tenderloin" district. or whatever back then. ... bet that Cinelli on the back mezz is the same one we saw back then.

r clair
alex, va 22308


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From: Adam Schwarcz
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Water Bottle Quiz ...



> Pacific Bikes in SF is still around (I work there as a
> Mechanic/Sales/Whatever needs to get done guy). Mostly we deal with
> road/tri/mtn stuff. Lots of carbon, nothing vintage, unless you count the
> owners Cinelli that hangs out upstairs. I always get made fun of at work
> as
> my bikes are generally the antithesis of what we sell. I always get a
> little awkward selling a Cervelo, Scott, Look, etc. road bike and the
> customer asks me what I ride and I happen to be on my 3 speed that day.
> Never expected my place of employment to show up on CR :)
>
> Adam Schwarcz
> San Francisco, CA
>
>>
>> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:07 -0500
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>> Was looking on the back shelf just now .... any of these Shops still
>> around:
>>
>> Avocet is easy.
>> Pacific Cycles in San Fran
>> Schwinn in Bothell, Tacoma, etc. Actually just pick a location. Also
>> Southwell Schwinn. And Clarksville Schwinn in Jeffersonville, IN, etc.
>> Angel Lake just south of Seattle.
>> Gregg's in Seattle ... and of course R & E, up there on University Ave.
>> too.
>> Cycle Sport in Lafayette, LA
>> WheelSmith, and Palo Alto in the bay.
>> ... and of course, Mt Airy, Davidson., Proteus, Spokes One (when it
>> really
>> was just one), the Bicycle Exchange, Rivendell, and obviously Cycles de
>> Oro.
>>
>> Now this is a list worth pursuing .... please add on. We've seen/have
>> some
>> trade teams. But have individual bicycle stores stopped issuing store
>> logo
>> water bottles ?
>>
>> Robert Clair
>> Alexandria, VA 22308
>> still trying to figure out those bi-valent wheels.