While you're stroking yourselves about Kathy Provo's tools , here's a sadder part of the story. Kathy went to art school in Chicago, I never knew her there. When she got to a time in California, when sons were older she got a VW bus like she had back in the day. Kathy enjoyed going to the races and tooling around in the bus, kinda nostalgia like, as if to hold off our society rushing by so fast it couldn't be enjoyed. Kinda like enjoying older bikes, etc., to savor our heritage. The last year when Kathy worked for us she riding home on her Chiorda road bike and going with sun at her back, a car made a left turn head on into her while the driver was in a temporary blind out from setting sun!!! Kathy had quite a few bruises and scrape, but one leg only had several brakes, but the other was broken in over 20 pieces, believe it or not. !!!. The doctors wanted to amputate, but one held out and said let's try to save it. They screwed and glued it back up, it drained and hurt for over a year, but finally healed to where it was walkable and Kathy finally got her wish and was able to ride again. Kathy didn't race anymore, but loved cycling and rode until she wasn't able to anymore. She was one tough cookie! While she was in the hospital, Mary and I got her a Snoopy stuffed animal, which she had hung on her casted leg which was elevated in the air. Made her smile and helped her heal along with regular visits from her priest as well as her very attentive family. A good bike rider hedges bets and has a plan two. After Kathy was out of the hospital and about again, the first thing she did was get a Snoopy for my wife Mary. We still have it today. Kathy retired from working, and enjoyed cycling for a long time . So watch your riding time and the sun's angle, we, me included, may not be so lucky and be able to ride or breath again after that kind of horrendous altercation. Kathy loved working on bikes and did a lot of her own work, but gentle fellows that we were, we saved Kathy's hands and feminine image in the store, and letting the guys do all the wrenching. Well, we did let the gals do some working on bikes, we had two gals in shop, so it wasn't fair to let the guys do all the neat mechanical stuff, but the guys were good and were happy to show and let gals do some work when retail wasn't busy. It gave the ladies a great sense of equality and made their jobs easier out at the counter where they fooled many an aerospace engineer with their mechanical know - how. Kathy is chuckling, I'm sure. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates CA USA
On Jan 23, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Leonard Diamond wrote:
> Than I have another version that is like the older one you have pictured but
> minus the hyphens between Patent & Campagnolo. Mine also has the previous
> owners name on it but in marker.
>
> Len Diamond
>
> Ridgewood, New Jersey USA
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> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Ancient Cycles
> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 12:12 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] interesting early Campagnolo tools...
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> the tool might appear identical to your later version in design and function
> but the logo seems to be of the earlier type..
>
> compare the photos here:
> http://www.flickr.com/
> 90/
> and here:
> http://www.flickr.com/
> 46/
>
> early tools like these are rarely seen and not particularly sought after but
> I find them very interesting..
> especially when you can hear a bit about their original owner's history..
> thanks Ted !
>
>
> andrei padlowski
> brooklyn, ny
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> 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/
> http://ebay.com/
> 500&si=vtubsI2tlckRwkCpTGy0myQm%252BIw%253D&viewitem=>
> &rt=nc&nma=true&item=190492041500&si=vtubsI2tlckRwkCpTGy0myQm%252BIw%253D&vi
> ewitem=
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/
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> 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(AT)os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA
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