He was talking about his bike?!? Oh.
Drew Ellison Everett, Washington USA
On Aug 6, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Dale Brown wrote:
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> Thanks Patrick (and Steve)and welcome to the CR list.
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> I would like to comment about your words above and a few other
> references I have read recently from CR members about perceived
> elitism and folks thinking that they have to have a fancy bike to be
> accepted, yada yada...
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> While many of us have exotic and rare high end bikes, I think I can
> safely say, after having attended many Cirques (Many? ALL!!) and one
> Velo Rendezvous, this group is almost uniformly interested in any
> and all old handmade bikes; I have seen no snobbery at all! I think
> people who just get into it feel a bit insecure when they hear about
> and see these wonderful bikes, but rest assured, we all started in a
> mild way, with modest bikes, and then the disease took over!!? Some
> become more nutty about the bikes than others, but we appreciate the
> cheap thrills as well as the I-shouldn't-be-buying-this!
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> Just relax, listen and learn. And enjoy!!!
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> Dale Brown
> List meister
> Greensboro, North CarolinaUSA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com??
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Doody <patrick.doody@gmail.com>
> Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 4:30 pm
> Subject: Re: [CR]New to the list
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> Hey Steve,
> Nice to meet you. I guess I'll piggyback on your email, because
> I am
> also new to the list. and while I don't own anything super old and
> cool, I
> do have what I consider a pretty nice mid 80's Raleigh(not top of
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> by any means but nice).
> http://www.flickr.com/
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> I am also working on a old Mercier Mixte for my wife, nothing high
> end, but
> it's a cheap thrill. I'm 33 years old, and last year got back into
> biking.
> With the late, great Sheldon Brown's help I was able to learn a bit
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> how bikes work and how to keep them working. anyways, This is a
> really cool
> group of people, and hopefully I can contribute in some small way.
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> Thanks!
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> Patrick Doody
> St. Paul, MN