Hey, you SoCal guys. I'm going to be in Santa Monica tomorrow for a concert (Jorma Kaukonen, now there's some classic content). What bike shops with a classic bent should I try to hit? Reply off list.
Ken Wallace
In Hell in PHX, AZ
> Those of you that like these rides to have a theme... how about riding
> something old and, in honor of the recently celebrated birthday of the
> U.S.A., something built in or with some connection to America (America
> being a contraction of United States of America, and not referring to
> America, i.e. North and South America). This would include the bikes
> you would imagine and some that you wouldn't, including Columbus tubed
> bikes, Masi 3V with the Italian and USA flags built in Italy, English
> builders that emigrated to the States such as Dave Molton, or bikes
> named after U.S. place names such as the Raleigh Catalina, or even
> Merckx 7-Eleven etc., etc., etc.
>
> Starts at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California every FIRST Sunday of
> the month. Meet at the pool/picnic area parking lot at the south end of
> the park at 10:30am to introduce yourselves and talk bikes. Ride will
> start at 11:00am sharp. The ride will be a casual-paced 25 miles long
> through Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Temple City, Arcadia,
> Sierra Madre, Altadena, and back to the Rose Bowl for a picnic and more
> vintage bike talk. The ride is mostly flat with one moderate climb
> (fixed gears are fine in other words). Everyone is encouraged to bring
> and ride a 1985 or earlier bicycle, but feel free to ride anything you
> have.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, California