Or, someone comes up to me at Lars and says "hey, Iused to own that bike. What happened to the cool decals I had made for it to commemorate my '64 Corvair".
Oh the stuff that myths are made of.
Ken
>From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Re: Pictures of Cinelli Monza
>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:26:06 -0800
>
>Donald Dundee wrote:
> >
>(snip)
> > Nice bike. If it were mine, "Monza" would be outa there faster 'n you
>can
> > say fingernail.
> >
> > ken denny
> > boston
>
>
>Yeah, I can see it now... you're an entrant at the Lars or Cirque and
>some old geezer comes up to see your newly acquired Cinelli SC Monza
>that you have dedecaled with you fingernail and rubbed out with a little
>semichrome polish. The old gent looks you bike up and down and rubs his
>chin while muttering about how he had a similar bike that was called a
>Cinelli Monza. With a tear in his eye he relates how Cino named the
>bike in honor of Alberto Ascari, who tragically lost his life while
>racing a Ferrari at Monza.
>
>"Ascaris death was regarded as a national loss and Cino had been a
>devoted fan of Ascari," he said slowly.
>
>Oh well, a pity, what's done is done... ::::sigh::::
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, California
>http://www.velo-retro.com (NEW list of reprints and T-shirts)