Re: [CR]Joe Dignan .... ??

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From: "Mark Fulton" <markfulton5@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Joe Dignan .... ??
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:15:08 -0700
To: Robert Clair <r.clair@cox.net>
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Hi Robert,

The only Joe Dignan I ever knew ran a small bike shop on North High Street in Columbus, Ohio in the late 1940s. My father bought my first track bike, a Seiber, from Joe. I used Joe's shop as my daily training ride midway rest stop. I'd ride the 12 miles to Joe's, play his shop pinball machine, buy two Cokes with the money I won on the machine, talk with Joe about bike racing and then ride the 12 miles home. I seem to remember that Joe sponsored the rider who then held the transcontinental roundtrip bicycling speed record. I don't remember the rider's name, but I would recognize it if I heard it. I know this is absolutely no help, but I enjoyed telling it.

Time to ride out by the Bay.

Cheers,

Mark Fulton
Redwood City
California
USA