[CR] My Pal Noam

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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:54:38 +0200
From: "Amir Avitzur" <avitzur@013.net>
To: Classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] My Pal Noam


A few years ago I got a phone call from a someone who needed help restoring an old French bike. The guy on the other end of the phone wasn't making any sense so I told him to come over and I'd help in any way I can. I figured, he wasn't old enough to drive, so this would put him off.

He was at my door within an hour with an old Motobecane, that needed a fresh bottom bracket. Cheap price to pay to get him out the door, so off he went not wanting to push his luck.

Months later I got a call asking if I was interested in an old Panasonic. In this case I was at his door within an hour. After a some light repairs and replacements, new brake studs and fresh paint (to my daughters specs) she got a new-old bike.

This repeated itself with my wife's city bike: a fire-engine-red ROSS.

A month ago Noam called to ask about this year's classic bike show and swap meet. I said go for it. Turn's out that Noam is well known and highly thought of on some internet forums (unlike myself). A few notices and a few weeks passed until the show, which was held in the park near my house.

40 bikes, a hundred visitors and as many beers made the show a great success. I even unloaded 4 old frames.

Photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8210984@N06/3663391206/ and at: http://www.tapuz.co.il/Communa/userCommunaMsges.asp?Communaid=7232

Amir Avitzur
Ramat-Gan, Israel