[CR] Fwd: Entertaining Reading

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To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:47:51 -0500
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From: <iamnofred@aol.com>
Subject: [CR] Fwd: Entertaining Reading

I get in a rush sometimes and forget to sign-off properly. Yes I am one of those over 50's that gets excited to write and send message before I correctly finish.

Gary Smith in winter wonderland Raleigh NC

-----Original Message----- From: iamnofred@aol.com To: iamnofred@aol.com; veronaman@gmail.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 4:44 pm Subject: Re: [CR] Entertaining Reading

Well if this is true than "Discerning car enthusiast" think that car technology peaked during the 60's or that?life in general peaked during the 50's. Don't misunderstand me. I do love old bikes and what you could put on them -- but to put down a new carbon or Ti or aluminum bike just because it is not from the "good old days". Then there is the problem of not even wearing a helmet of any kind. In many cases (speaking from my experience in Dallas) high performance takes presidents over commonsense. Many people get caught up in keeping up with the Jones's and get more than they need. Often spending more than they should have. So if you visit the site tweed.cc and look at the utube it will portray a wonderful time and place but I want? to say--- remember to have fun and be safe--where a helmet.

-----Original Message----- From: Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 3:44 pm Subject: [CR] Entertaining Reading

http://tweed.cc/index.html "Discerning cyclists recognise that bicycle technology reached its pinnacle in the early 1970s and everything since has just been marketing. Millions are spent every year on hoodwinking the public with obscure materials which are all very well if you are constructing a craft to convey astronauts to the Moon, but quite out of place on an English country lane. Lugged steel, by contrast, is durable, comfortable and offers an opportunity for the skilled framebuilder to practice his craft. Why spend a king's ransom on the latest titanium confection when any weight advantage will be rendered irrelevant by a cheese-and-pickle sandwich and a thermos of soup?"

Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ

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