[CR] American Youth hostel catalogue

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From: "Bianca Pratorius" <biankita@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:01:27 -0400
Subject: [CR] American Youth hostel catalogue


Can anyone provide a link to the bike parts catalogue that the American Youth Hostels put out in the late 60's and early 70's. If I remember correctly the catalogue they put out contained very few newsprint pages on a smaller booklet style format. The prices were very low but there was a nice collection of minimalist bike tools, tires, tubes and things like handlebar tape and such. One item I remember them selling was a dogbone wrench which had five nut sizes on each end. The thing was made of cheap metal but it was the first tool you needed to carry for most emergency work before the popularity of allen head bolts. That tool probably so for less than 50 cents. and you never see them anymore. It was an alternative to the Mafac toolkit,

Garth Libre in Miami Fl USA