Jim Merz (lately, of SPECIALIZED fame) recently returned to reading (or at least requesting 753 tubes from) the CR mailing list, and I happened to be looking at Robert Broderick's awesome collection of Bicycling! Magazine articles, and I ran across this one, which describes an encouter (by a rack-buyer) with Jim Merz, in the early to mid 1970's :
http://www.velo-pages.com/
I enjoyed it immensely! And I can see myself inserted into either role in the article (the "Bike Groupie" or the "Artist".) These are the types of articles that made the old "Bicycling!" magazine such a gem!
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA