Pearlizumi was pretty much at the same time as Assos too. Mid-late 1970s, and it took a pretty brave guy to be among the first to wear lycra shorts.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
"Steven L. Sheffield" wrote:
>
> Assos.
>
> Not Cinelli.
>
> And in the mid-late 1970s ... not 1980s.
>
> --
>
> Steven L. Sheffield
> stevens at veloworks dot com
> veloworks at mac dot com
> aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
> double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash
>
> > From: "Rich Rose" <rrose@normandassociates.com>
> > Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:27:18 -0500
> > To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>, <WBINGHAM@imf.org>, <rabbitman@mindspring.com>,
> > <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Subject: RE: [CR]Plain, colored bike shorts: Where to buy?
> >
> > Not so fast, Dale! At a ride a couple of weeks ago, where I was wearing
> > my Cinelli wool LS jacket from the early 1980's, I was reminded by
> > another rider that it was Cinelli who first introduced lycra cycling
> > shorts to the market - in the mid '80's according to him. Hey, as long
> > as they are black with no logo's they have got to be close to "on
> > topic"??
> > Richard (love my wool jerseys but not missing the wool shorts), Rose
> > Toledo, Ohio
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
> > OROBOYZ@aol.com
> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:03 AM
> > To: WBINGHAM@imf.org; rabbitman@mindspring.com;
> > classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Plain, colored bike shorts: Where to buy?
> >
> >
> > I assume you guys are talking about WOOL shorts, in order to dutifully
> > to be
> > on topic?
> >
> > Dale
> >
> > Dale Brown
> > Greensboro, North Carolina
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