On Feb 9, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Colin Laing wrote:
> So, all I can say, in our neck of the woods anyway, there was no
> snobbery at all and all the riders were extremely kind to newbies
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> Colin Laing Chandler Arizona.
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Sadly the current American scene is nothing like this. Nobody helps anybody and snobbery rules. When I started riding with the San Francisco Wheelmen and later the Berkeley Wheelmen it was much like Colin describes but not today. It's sad. Phil Brown A nostalgic tear in Oakland, Calif.