To all CR members,
It seems as though my post earlier today to Norris Lockley was upsetting to one CR member (see below). No one else felt the urge to email, but if any other CR members were offended by my post, I sincerely apologize, as my sense of humor is a bit off-kilter and sarcastic from time-to-time. Peace, ese.
Dave Patrick
Chelsea, Michigan USA
From: Dale B. Phelps <losgatos_dale@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Vigorelli and Alberto Masi To: "Norris Lockley" <nlockley73@googlemail.com>, "David Patrick" <patrick-ajdb@sbcglobal.net> Cc: oroboyz@aol.com Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 12:38 PM
David, the comment about the bicycle seat notwithstanding, was the rest of this post publicly necessary?
From: David Patrick <patrick-ajdb@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [CR] Vigorelli and Alberto Masi To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "Norris Lockley" <nlockley73@googlemail.com> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 4:14 AM
Hello Norris,
I have to say your posts to the CR list have been one of the items I've most enjoyed since you've participated, as they're always well written and informative, not to mention that your knowledge base is very impressive and you seem well connected within the European cycling community. Now it comes out you've been hobnobbing about with John Helliwell of Supertramp!! Can we now look forward to cycling related stories about Led Zeppelin, Mott the Hoople, The Sex Pistols and The Pretenders? At least tell us if the rumour floating about is true that you came up with the Fab Four's trend setting haircut back in the early 1960s.
Dave Patrick Chelsea, Michigan USA
P.S. I would love one of Chrissie Hynde's old cycling seats.
From: Norris Lockley <nlockley73@googlemail.com> Subject: [CR] Vigorelli and Alberto Masi To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 5:14 AM
It's not very often that I dare stray away from commenting on British and French bikes to write about something Italian..and especially not about the MASIs father and son.
However I received a phone call early this morning from John Helliwell, the highly regarded saxophonist and master-of-ceremonies of mega-group Supertramp, and no mean cyclist himself, to tell me about an article that he had just read in today's The Guardian newspaper, that would be of interest to me. Beyond that tempting message he could not be coaxed or cajoled into revealing more.
So.. not being a newspaper buyer I Googled the newspaper and was lucky in finding the article in the Sports columns. It is a short very evocative article about the desolate and crumbling Vigorelli stadium north-west of Milan...And hat's all I am going to tell you.
Bearing in mind that John rang me on his mobile phone from the streets of Manchester..and early morning - he knows that I am not an early riser - I was extremely curious about what the article. Since reading the article I realise the connection is his own MASI bike, one that he bought during the early years of Supertramp's fame when the group was based in the States..and which is the reason that I met John in the first place, as neither Alberto nor Faliero were available to keep the machine well maintained.
The article can be found at :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Norris Lockley
Settle UK ..feeling immensely sad