A blast from the past!
That was my old decal from 1960 through 1972.
Our new building was done in '72/3 and when we moved in we got our new logo
and identity of Ted Ernst Bicycles and the design still in use.
The Bicycle Super Mart was the name a guy used when he opened the shop.
When I returned from Europe, instead of staying in Chicago at my dad's shop,
I came to California, and never went back. I had just gotten to the coast
and was looking around to locate.
I started working for him just few weeks after he opened.
He was a used car salesman by background, didn't put the phone in any add
because he wanted people to come in and not phone shop.
After a few more weeks he became disillusioned with the basic structure of
the bike game, and sold it to me. The rest is history.
So that's an oldie and could be a goodie.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
> While window shopping through E-bay, looking for potential L'Eroica
> rides, I found an incomplete Urago with a frame sticker from Ted Ernst's
> 'Bicycle Super Mart'. It's a cool sticker with perhaps some T-shirt
> potential;
> E-bay # 320072379123
>
> Total disclaimer; I have no relation to Ted, Urago, or the seller of the
> bike
>
> Courtney Johnson
> Grand Marais, MN