oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
>
> << Is the CdO Cirque weekend, with its one day vintage only swap,
> better for the long term than just a free for all?>>
>
> Actually Tom, the Cirque swap meet is open to anything "used" and
> bicycle related. I don't enforce that in a heavy handed way so some new
> stuff is there but the point is made and no shops or manufacturers are
> supposed to be there dumping their stuff. The one exception is for
> manufacturers reps who are allowed to sell their samples.
>
> Because Greensboro not near a huge population concentration as in them
> thar big cities, we just have fewer people attending, period. So it
> makes the vintage folk more prominent.
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC USA
Since the Pasadena Velo Rendezvous show (October 9) is in the picnic area of a city park we can't have a full blown swapmeet. We have a "Parts Exchange" instead.
Here's the blurb: "THE PARTS EXCHANGE will be conducted in a low-key manner (just one or two boxes of material, preferably one) since we will be in a public picnic area of a city park."
This has worked out very well for the past four events. Cool and/or rare stuff at swapmeet prices. Quality instead of quantity. No pickups trucks full of junk, just some blankets covered with neat stuff.
Details of Velo Rendezvous 5 http://www.velo-retro.com
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
.