re [CR]Bike Warehouse Catalog Scans?

From: randy dugan <rsdugan(AT)yahoo.com>

"Recent posts on catalog scans reminded me of the newsprint Bike Warehouse catalogs from the early '80s, in the pre-Nashbar era. They featured hand-drawn line art and were super detailed -- I still recall the page with an exploded campy derailleur and individual ordering numbers for each part. I practically memorized these things in junior high. Does anyone have scans of these catalogs, or catalogs they'd entrust to me to scan for public viewing?

Thanks! ~Randy Dugan, Van Nuys, CA USA"

hi Randy,

The Nashbar catalog certainly had a place in the popular culture of the cycling world here in the US in the 70's and early 80's. This was back when you didn't get a new catalog in your mailbox every other week. :-)

While I was much more impressed by the Cyclo-Pedia catalog, as well as the Palo Alto catalog, I did save one of the old Bike Warehouse catalogs. ... specifically, it's the #16 catalog from 1980. The line art was definitely unique. Nowhere near as nice as the Rebour illustrations that could be found in Cyclo-Pedia, of course, but certainly iconic in their own way.

Let me see if I can get it scanned sometime soon-ish... Here's a couple of quick teasers, in the meantime: cover: http://i3.tinypic.com/29w7qlu.jpg page 1: http://i11.tinypic.com/3yeetme.jpg

Until I can get the rest of it scanned, I do strongly recommend perusing the Cyclo-Pedia catalog. This can be found on Mark Bulgier's site: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/cyclo-pedia-74/ lots of cool Daniel Rebour illustrations, tons of Campy, Stonglight, TA, Simplex, etc bits, as well as a number of excellent primers on important subjects written by Gene Portuesi.

The Palo Alto catalog also warrants a review: http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/PaloAlto-76/ The style is more modern than the Cyclo-Pedia catalog, but still features many of the items that we are so fond of.

Steve Kurt in Peoria, IL, USA, where I'm starting to run out of vintage catalogs to scan....