Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:59:10 -0500 From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net> To: "Dr. Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>, Of course you would think it is a nice story Steve. I found a place like this over 10 years ago but it is guys like this that keep letting these secrets out. Soon everyone will be cruising those local bike shops and I will have to start again and keep my finds secret. Still there is the beer to consider.
Wow, a real dilemma, do I keep going to my LBS for those hard to find gems with the added bonus of beer or do I go on the road looking for another shop and risk the beer. Hmmm! I vote beer.
BTW, not every remaining LBS is as friendly and open as my haunt. I have been asked to leave bike shops for merely opening a discussion on old bikes and parts. Admittedly it is about one in fifteen where this happens. I can't help but think there was someone there before me that left a bad impression of collectors.
Ray Homiski Elizabeth, NJ
"Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: Re: [CR]Ye olde corner bike shoppe - or it pays to ask and not assume! Message-ID: <015301c861f9$03643930$2c01a8c0@bike1> References: <012401c861f7$f7a08e10$0300a8c0@ourlaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 8
Very nice to hear that story.
Steven Willis
The Bike Stand
1778 East Second Street
Scotch Plains NJ 07076
908-322-3330
http://www.thebikestand.com