<< The rack on Mike's car in "Breaking Away" is an Atkins-Graber, one of the less expensive but reasonably decent roof racks you could get back then. Clunky and utilitarian. >>
We had one of those Garber racks integrated onto our team VW van in the old days! I must have other pics somewhere, but look here:
http://cyclesdeoro.com/
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-----Original Message----- From: Tim Fricker <tymncycle@gmail.com> To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:24 am Subject: Re: [CR]On-topic roof racks?
Mitch said: http://search.bikelist.org/
>Yep, tan Prealpina racks. Still have one in the garage.
>Wonder what the one used in Breaking Away was?
>--Mitch Harris
>Little Rock Canyon, Utah
I know! I know! (Hey, there are so few questions here I can answer, I can get excited about this, can't I?)
The rack on Mike's car in "Breaking Away" is an Atkins-Graber, one of the less expensive but reasonably decent roof racks you could get back then. Clunky and utilitarian.
Tim
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