On Mar 6, 2010, at 11:23 AM, brianbaylis@juno.com wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I purchased the Eisentraut "A" frame I bought in 1972 from the Missing
> Link Bike Shop, there in Berkeley. I saw the frame there as I made one
> of those early trips to Mecca (Velo Sport Bike Shop) from where I
> lived in Huntington Beach, CA. I think I was still riding my PX-10.
> Yeah, about 5 or 6 of us rode there from Huntington Beach. Velo Sport
> was the closest place to see a Colnago in the flesh.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Ah those were the days. Nary a Colnago within 500 miles of you. Now
> days you can't swing a dead cat around without hitting a place where
> you can buy a Colnago. Not that there's anything wrong with that; my
> hat is off to Ernesto, who is a VERY energetic and likable chap.
>
>
I, on the other hand, bought my Colnago from Velo Sport-in the days when there must have been 150 of them in the showroom-and my Eisentraut, a black A, from Stone's in Alameda. Both great shops and both still around today. Phil Brown Close to both in Oakland, Calif.