Re: [CR]Another Famous Confente Rider

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 14:11:49 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Another Famous Confente Rider
References: <NGBBKJHDOKHHELFDHJKJAEENCAAA.jimallen@nctimes.net>


Jim Allen wrote:
>
> Add Rudy (Xavier) Mirander, Jamaican sprinter and kilo rider, a
> contemporary of Jerry Ashe.
> If I recall correctly, he was regularly in the top 16 in the sprints and the
> kilo's at the World Championships...

Used to watch Rudy race at Encino Velodrome in the 70s. By far, the classiest rider I had ever seen on the track, and it didn't hurt that he was on a beutiful Confente track bike either...

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal