For many years after Conrad's death, his vintage Cinelli bicycle with upright handlebars remained in the window. Then one day, it was gone. I wonder what happened to it?
Mike Schmidt Millington, NJ USA
On 8/15/09 3:24 PM, "Cino1947@aol.com" <Cino1947@aol.com> wrote:
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> Conrad's originally on 47th and 2nd Ave.; now on Tudor City Place near the
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> Conrad and Sarah Weiss started as a drapery business, Darnoc (Conrad
> backwards), and rented out bikes because business was slow.The bike business
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> mostly high end shop with many imports including Cinelli, Campagnolo, and many
> European marques .I got my first pro bike there, a Grandis, in 1979, which
> I now run as a fixed. They were visited by Eddy Merckx, and still have a
> great photo display of him in their shop. Conrad passed away many years ago,
> and the shop is now run by John and Yi, who have been there since the
> early days. John is a great guy and very knowledgeable. Yi is about as good a
> mechanic as I have ever dealt with. Sarah still comes into the shop and
> holds court a couple of times a week. They still carry top end stuff, but
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> a great deal about vintage bikes.
> Josh Berger
> Bronx, NY
> USA
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