On topic, I spent most of a sunny Southern California Superbowl Sunday on my 69 Raleigh with my son, who has appropriated my old steel Centurion , exploring dirt and paved roads in the little hills around our town. He is getting to be a good cyclist, faster than his dad, and he has learne d to like the idea of having one bike that can go just about anywhere, an d in style.
About those rednecks, my old man loved being called a redneck, and had a collection of jokes about it. Rednecks, at least in the USA, were uni on leaders back in the day he worked the mines. They wore red scarves to le t everyone know who they were, often at the risk of getting their heads b ashed in by police, sworn and private, hired by mine owners. It was a s ign of distinction, so no offense taken.
Rick Peoples Lost some cash on the Cardinals Temecula California USA
> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:39:45 -0800
> From: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
> To: veronaman@gmail.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; ehbusch@bell
south.net
> Subject: Re: [CR] How I Spent My Superbowl Sunday
>
> Well, I think maybe this demonstrates the Omnipotent Listmeister's poin
t that humor often gets misinterpreted in emails. But even so, it never
ceases to amaze me how totally lacking of a sense of humor we can be someti
mes.
>
> BTW, I never said "only" rednecks would be watching the Super Bowl. I
just said the rednecks would be watching it, and I will stand by that sta
tement, as I think one could do a poll to easily demonstrate that a large
percentage of rednecks were watching, by any demographic definition one
cares to apply to that word.
>
> Having spent most of my life in Texas, Arkansas and yes Tennessee, in
fact at various times West, East and Middle Tennessee, I think I know
whereof I speak when it comes to rednecks. Not bad people in some ways,
but "Share the Road" is often a concept they have trouble grasping. So lik
e many here, I'm happy to have them off the roads and otherwise occupied
at least one day each year, making it safer to ride.
>
> Although I must say that when it comes to cowboys, that western and esp
ecially Texan demographic subgroup within the wider redneck category, it'
s much safer to share the roads with Real cowboys than the Drugstore variet
y. This being rural West Texas, we have a lot of real cowboys who were b
orn into that culture and occupation, and didn't have to learn it from mo
vies or TV. I've never had one of those guys deliberately run me off the r
oad here in West Texas. But I can't say the same about the guys in Dallas
and Houston playing at being cowboys. Guys who drive extended bed pickups
because it indulges their egos are a lot more likely to further indulge it
by running cyclists of the road than are those who actually have a practica
l use for such vehicles.
>
> BTW I resent being called an "imbarrasment to society". That's "embarrass
ment to society". If I'm going to be called names, I insist on at least
having the insults spelled correctly.
>
> But to try to end on an On Topic note, it was a nice day on Sunday, a
nd although I spent much of the day working on the On Topic 1976 Romic Tour
er, I did at least get out for several brief rides to check out the last
few bits added. I trust some other members were able to do some more exten
ded riding, made much more pleasant by the remarkably light traffic due t
o all the best and most refined people in American society being absorbed b
y the premier cultural event of the year. Maybe we will get another opport
unity next time PBS airs a live performance of the Vienna Philharmonic or t
he Bolshoi Ballet. On that note, I did attend a concert of the Big Sprin
g, Texas, Symphony (yes, believe it or not we have a symphony) on Sat
urday night. But unfortunately the symphony started at 8 PM, too late to
reduce the traffic and improve the classic bike riding much on Saturday.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
>
> --- On Mon, 2/2/09, ehbusch <ehbusch@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > From: ehbusch <ehbusch@bellsouth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [CR] How I Spent My Superbowl Sunday
> > To: "Angel Garcia" <veronaman@gmail.com>, "CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS" <class
icrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Date: Monday, February 2, 2009, 8:53 AM
> > To say that only drunken rednecks are watching the Super
> > Bowl is at best absurd and to bash all "rednecks as
> > shallow cultured people" IMHO makes you an imbarrasment
> > to society. Maybe makes me wish one of dem good ol boys gets
> > you in his sight one day and sends you into da ditch...
> >
> > Ed Busch
> > Stickin up for all the rednecks here in:
> > Vonore, Tennessee - USA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Garcia"
> > <veronaman@gmail.com>
> > To: "CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS"
> > <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:55 PM
> > Subject: [CR] How I Spent My Superbowl Sunday
> >
> >
> > > What's the point of starting a post the way you
> > did? It diminished
> > > everything that followed, whatever that was.
> > >
> > > Nice riding weather today in NJ but the roads were
> > messy. 3 hours of riding
> > > and 1 of cleaning a steel bike.
> > >
> > >
> > > Angel Garcia
> > > Long Valley, NJ
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos
> > <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> > > Date: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:12 PM
> > > Subject: [CR] How I Spent My Superbowl Sunday
> > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > >
> > >
> > > Having gradually come to hate pro football over the
> > years, I, like many
> > > other list members, look forward to doing pretty much
> > the opposite of the
> > > majority of the population on this high holy day of
> > shallow redneck culture.
> > > Many CR members are as I speak out on the remarkably
> > uncongested roads
> > > enjoying the fact that the drunk rednecks are drunk in
> > front of the TV
> > > rather than running cyclists off the road. We know
> > more than a bit about
> > > that here in Texas.
> > >
> > > I took the opportunity t0 finish off my Romic Tourer
> > in preparation to put
> > > it into service on my daily commute tomorrow morning.
> > Some members had
> > > asked for pics when it was finished, so here it ss:
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.flickr.com/
> > >
> > > As I said previously, the frame is clean and
> > workmanlike, but far from
> > > fancy. I might not have bothered with such a frame
> > had it not be built by
> > > the late and much lamented Ray Gasorowski, who I and
> > several other CR
> > > members knew personally. But this is a good honest
> > quality if unpretentious
> > > touring bike, just the sort of thing that Ray woud
> > like, although he built
> > > some very high end stuff as well. Pretty sure this
> > bike as I acquired it was
> > > a mostly original complete bike as sold by Ray in
> > 1976. His choice of
> > > components, like the frame, emphasized good value over
> > image.
> > >
> > > Original parts include the Tange HS, Sugino Might Tour
> > crank and BB (altough
> > > I've changed rings to 50-34), Weinmann 500
> > calipers (now with Malthauser
> > > pads) with Diacompe levers (I trashed the suicide
> > levers and added hoods),
> > > the Shimano Titlist GS derailleurs, and the original
> > wheels, the woinderful
> > > Sanshin ProAm hubs with Araya 27" clinchers, now
> > sod with Panaracer Pasels,
> > > 27 x 1 1/8 front and 27 x 1 1/4 rear.
> > >
> > > The ratcheted Suntour DT shifter have been replaced
> > with ratcheted Suntour
> > > barends, which are IMHO the best shifters ever made
> > with the possible
> > > exception of Simplex Retrofrictions.
> > >
> > > The too-short Nitto stem and unmarked GB radonneur
> > bars were replaced with
> > > Nitto Randonneur (mod 135AA) bars and an unmarked
> > Japanese 25.4 stem. The
> > > original pedals were a Japanese clone of Lyotard 45D,
> > with the same very
> > > narrow width. I repleced them with MKS platform
> > touting pedals and MKS
> > > steel toeclips.
> > >
> > > The saddle that come with it - probably not original -
> > was a beat Mexican
> > > Unicanitor clone with a 26.4 post forced into the
> > frame. It looks that the
> > > seatube was about 26.4, but Ray shimmed it down to
> > 26.0, much like the old
> > > Cinellis were shimmed down to 26.2. No clue why.
> > Used a Laprade-style
> > > Kalloy 26.0 with a new steel-rail Brooks Swallow. This
> > was received from a
> > > CR member in response to my offer to trade a Ti Swift
> > for a steel Swallow.
> > > Worked for me, hopefully for him as well.
> > >
> > > I've added necessary bits for touring/commuting.
> > Zefal mudguards, these are
> > > nice and reasonably priced - I love Zefal. The
> > chromed steel Wald rear rack
> > > which is maybe the biggest bargain in touring gear in
> > the world.
> > > Off Topic battery lights. The front bag is Carradice,
> > made for use with the
> > > Nitto rack that clamps to the bars. Been looking for
> > years for a bike to
> > > use these on. Panniers are Carradice, Shopper right,
> > Super C left,
> > > wonderful stuff.
> > >
> > > The seatbag could be Carradice from its look, but it
> > is actualy Acorn Bags.
> > > Acorn is a two-person husband and wife company in
> > California, who make
> > > classic canvas and leather bike bags. They make them
> > all themselves by
> > > hand. They take orders on the first of each month
> > until the orders equal
> > > their production capacity, then suspend orders until
> > the next month.
> > > Recently, they've been filling their monthly
> > orders in only a couple of
> > > hours. This stuuf is good and as classic as you can
> > get. I was just barely
> > > able to get my order in this month for a newly
> > introduced front bag which
> > > looks to rival Berthoud for quality and style.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jerry Moos
> > > Big Spring, Texas, USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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