Kathy moved away to be by her son in Pacific Grove/ Monterrey area and passed away several years ago. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes estates CA USA
On Jan 22, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Jon wrote:
> Great I was hoping someone would know and expected it too.
> Wonder what has become of her.
> Sent from my phone
>
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> From: Ted Ernst <ternst1@cox.net>
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> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:01:37
> To: john@os2.dhs.org<john@os2.dhs.org>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR] interesting early Campagnolo tools... who is "Kathy Provo"
>
> I knew Kathy since she started racing in the late '-60's /'70'S.
> Kathy worked for me in the shop, and was one of the first gals to work in a bike shop without being pressed into service because of being a family member.
> Kathy was in our racing club, started racing in her mid '30's and was quite successful until the younger kids started into it in the '70's, and her age gave way to younger feisty legs.
> A very much lady and gentle person, with great bike knowledge and was one of the reasons my shop always had a much better female clientele during those years than many shops.
> Seeing a mature woman in the shop gave many women shoppers confidence and broke the gender barrier, making it easier for women to feel welcome in what was then predominantly a male oriented sport/business, Unless kid's bikes were being bought, women didn't venture into many shops to ride as yet and sought those out that didn't treat them as full.
> Kathy had a Chiorda road machine, and a Rabeneick track bike.
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates
> CA USA
>
> On Jan 22, 2011, at 8:52 PM, John Thompson wrote:
>
>> On 01/22/2011 10:05 PM, Ancient Cycles wrote:
>>> I was surprised to see a very early Campagnolo dishing gauge offered
>>> alongside two much newer freewheel wrenches on ebay..
>>> (also very much dismayed to have been outbid)
>>>
>>> see
>>> http://ebay.com/
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/
>>
>> The dishing tool appears identical to the one that came in my tool kit I
>> bought new, directly from Campagnolo in 1984. The freewheel tools are
>> also identical, and I remember being disappointed because they were the
>> old version of the tool, designed to fit old 2-prong Regina freewheels,
>> rather than the new tool with the helical prongs for Campy's own
>> freewheel which had recently been released.
>>
>> --
>>
>> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
>> Appleton WI USA