Re: [CR]Re: the one bike you should have bought (or wish you hadn't sold)

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:13:56 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: the one bike you should have bought (or wish you hadn't sold)
From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@mac.com>
To: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <72.61c5bcf.2770a785@aol.com>

on 12/19/00 6:59, RALEIGH531@aol.com wrote:
> Pretty simple really.
> I'm in a bike shop looking at the Raleigh's and ready to buy, but I choked on
> the price of a Professional.
> Took the SuperCourse instead. Cheap! Cheap!
> Was in the Navy, no family, no bills; etc. Yes I probably drank away the
> difference.
> Dumb! Dumb!
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, Pa

When I was in the Navy 20 years ago, I didn't drink that much (koff, koff...) so when I was stationed ashore, I had a stable of five bikes.

Masi Gran Criterium Campy SR Paramount Campy NR Condor with fancy lugs, various components Miyata 1000 touring with racks & panniers Frejus chrome w/fixed gear

Still have the Frejus (see http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1285904&a=9529749 ), the other bikes were sold & traded for a Sanata tandem when I got married (still have the Santana & the wife!) The Masi & Paramount were too big, and the Condor and Miyata were not the type of bikes for the riding I was doing after that.

Roy H. Drinkwater
Lititz, PA