On Aug 6, 2009, at 2:46 PM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> i'm not saying witcombs was a great marque or even a great bike shop
> but they
> were my lbs. they survived for years through times when no-one gave a
> tinker's
> cuss for bikes or bike shops by selling kid's bikes and repairing
> anything that
> came along.
>
> they also had a few americans come to work there....
>
Witcomb was really important in the development of American frame builders. Phil Brown Saddened in Oakland, Calif.