Sadly that bike shop is no longer there. At one time Somerville had three bike shops.
Mike Schmidt Millington, New Jersey Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 15, 2009, at 12:12 PM, P J Rutledge <prutledge1@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Dale,
>
> And some of us have roots near NYC--namely in NJ. I grew up in
> Somerville, NJ. Our cycling nexus was "Pop" Kugler's bike shop in
> Somerville. Pop, of course was the founder of the "Kugler-Anderson
> Memorial Tour of Somerville" (as a memorial to his son and Anderson,
> both of whom died in WWII)--for a long time the biggest and most
> famous bike race in the US. Pop got his Frejus bikes from Tom
> Avenia in NYC (I believe I visited Avenia's shop once as a teenager,
> perhaps on the way to Kissena). While I was racing, a friend of
> mine bought a Frejus track bike from Pop (and, therefore, Avenia) in
> the 1963-64 timeframe. A few years after I had quit racing and sold
> all my racing bikes, my girlfriend (now my wife) bought my friend's
> Frejus for me as a gift. As was my custom at the time, I repainted
> it to rattle-can black; no decals. Over the years I kept the bike
> and even upgraded some of the equipment. Finally a few years ago I
> restored the bike to original condition with new paint, decals, and
> upgraded period-correct equipment (all Campy this time). There's a
> lot of nostalgia in this one. I documented the restoration on Wool
> Jersey. Hopefully it will still be there when the site is back up.
>
> Pete Rutledge
> Woodbridge, VA, USA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <oroboyz@aol.com>
> To: <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR] Juner's shop in City Island Bronx
>
>
>> It is also neat to see how many prominent CR list members have NYC
>> roots.?
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>> Dale