In a message dated 7/25/2002 12:11:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, PBridge130@aol.com writes:
<< <<Curious about the "bad business practices" of Ten Speed. I don't have an opinion one way or the other.>>
I did business with Tom Eason in the late seventies, and knew him then to be a respectable businessman, a good guy, and a cycling supporter. >>
Oh oh... I didn't mean to imply that Ten Speed Drive or Tom Eason was crooked or anything. I meant that they did things that put them selves out of business! That is not a good way to do things, i.e., bad! I was fairly close to Ten Speed during those years, being on the supply side and retail side of the bike biz, and I always got along with Tom ..... but I also am aware that he was not well liked by many in the industry nor by many of his employees. I also will defend him as having very high standards and doing some things very very well.
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