Re: [CR] D. Power vintage track bike

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 12:26:35 -0700
From: "Brian Baylis" <rocklube@adnc.com>
To: David Perry <bikeworks@bikecult.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] D. Power vintage track bike
References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010801154029.02b827d0@bikecult.com>


David,

Never heard of that make before; but how can you top that name?! Perhaps they were only popular amongst the ladies? What does the head tube badge look like, or should I not ask? :-o!

Brian Baylis Considering a name change in La Mesa, CA.
>
> I recently got a vintage track bike with a name that may offend some computers.
> Headtube decal reads: Dick Power - Racing Bicycles and Equipment -
> Sunnyside, Long Island.
> Downtube decal is mostly scratched but has same shape and style as Alvin
> Drysdale.
> Pictures and description at http://www.bikecult.com/works/collections/dpower.html
> Anyone heard of this? My guess it was made c.1930-40.
> David Perry
> Bike Works NYC