On Mar 19, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Robert Clair wrote:
> ... the latest edition, of all media, is the street rodder's journal,
> no. forty three. this:
>
> ... the bicycle champion.
>
> there is one little known fact about another automotive pioneer, hot
> rodder and race car driver tom sparks (above at right - in the pic in
> the bit) was a world class bicycle racer and in 1958 was the calif
> state road racing champion.
>
> "for 20 years i was a very serious bike rider, all through the 1950's
> i trained and raced with all of the world class riders. at one point
> i was riding 400 miles a week."
>
> ... neat little pic of three, looks like bar end shifters were the way
> to go back then.
>
> robert clair
> alexandria, va 22308
> usa
>
I knew Tom quite well in the 80s and 90s. My ex wife grew up in the neighborhood where his shop was-Santa Monica and Vine-and we lived a couple of blocks away from him in North Hollywood. He was a great guy with a fantastic car and bicycle-antique-collection including Pierce Arrows both 2 wheel and 4 wheel. Phil Brown More later in Oakland, Calif.