Hi Mark. Sorry for the delayed response. I've been on vacation and am just getting to the older e-mail. It was over twenty years ago, but I remember loving the falcon, it was my first bike with sew-ups and high-end components - I remember jumping curbs on it with ease. It was especially good at climbing and descending the Berkeley hills. It took a long time to find anything with the pick up and stiff smooth responsive ride that it gave. That thief really made out. Thank goodness for the BJ. And thanks for asking . . . and bringing back the nice memories. Tom James - Chicago
> Hi and welcome. You didn't mention your impressions
> of the Falcon. I used to
> see a few people on them in the 70's and early 80's
> around this area. I
> never stopped to ask how they liked them.
>
> Mark Cutrufelli in
> Laurel MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On
> Behalf Of Eric Elman
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:46 PM
> To: Tom James; bbspokes@lycos.com;
> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]colnago/jackson/confente
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Welcome to the list. I also have a Bob Jackson and
> enjoy it very much too.
> You can find out your frames particulars by writing
> or calling the current
> Bob Jackson Company. Tell them the serial number,
> give them your credit
> card (I think they charged me $10) and in a few days
> they respond back with
> all the particulars. Good luck in your search.
>
> Eric Elman
> Somers, CT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom James" <tooseeornottoosee@yahoo.com>
> To: <bbspokes@lycos.com>;
> <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]colnago/jackson/confente
>
>
> > Hi Brien. Three Bob Jacksons!!! Hi all. I am new
> to
> > the list. Been watching this page and enjoying the
> > back and forth for about a week now. Learning a
> lot.
> > I, too, have a Bob Jackson. I have been commuting
> on
> > it, year round, for the last 22 years, to and from
> my
> > north-side neighborhood of Rogers Park, up and
> down
> > the lakefront bike path (very beautiful), to
> downtown
> > Chicago, or, as we say, the "Loop" - it's about a
> 25
> > mile round trip. The Bob Jackson has the best ride
> of
> > any bike that I have ever been on. It's just as
> good
> > in four inches of fresh lake-effect snow as on the
> now
> > piping hot pavement. I ride sew ups, or "tubulars"
> as
> > the folks on this page call them (you see, I sew
> them
> > up after I get a flat and patch them). Before the
> Bob
> > Jackson, I used to ride a Falcon up and down the
> > Berkeley Hills, but that bike was stolen from the
> bike
> > rack it was locked to inside Boalt Hall on July 4,
> > 1980. Oh well. I bought the Jackson from a guy who
> > built frames in his shop in Rogers Park, on Clark
> > Street, right off North Shore and Albion Streets,
> back
> > in 1981. I wanted to buy one of his frames, which
> all
> > had a fairly unique design, but didn't have the
> $1,200
> > he was asking so, instead, he sold me the Jackson,
> > used, for $400. (I don't remember his name, I
> think
> > the shop was called North-side Cyclery, but am not
> > sure. He, by the way, was mugged, hurt badly in
> the
> > process, and stopped building frames. Rogers Park
> used
> > to be a pretty dicey place but has since
> gentrified. I
> > couldn't afford to buy my own house these days.
> > Somewhat sad on both counts.) Now to the point, I
> was
> > wondering how I could tell how old my bike is and,
> > exactly, what kind of Jackson it is. Can you, or
> > anyone reading, help me with this?
> > --- brian blum <bbspokes@lycos.com> wrote:
> > > I own two Colnago Supers and three Bob Jacksons.
> Of
> > > the 208 bikes I have owned I have sold 175 but I
> > > still have all the Bob Jacksons and Colnagos, I
> have
> > > never sold one of these. My favorite bikes are
> a
> > > 1978 Super and a 1975 BJ. I have ridden a
> Confente
> > > and I did not like it, the Cinelli's I liked one
> and
> > > not the other and I own two I need to assemble
> so
> > > who knows. I found some Masi's rode great some
> not
> > > so great maybe it was the wheels?(I own two)
> You
> > > can rate a bike on mystique, on craftsmenship,
> on
> > > looks, ride or snob appeal whatever. If you
> like it
> > > great keep it this is the fun of bike
> collecting. I
> > > try them all and keep my favorites. Some have
> been
> > > heckled and years later praised by the same
> people
> > > becuase they are in or out of fashion. I prefer
> to
> > > try them all and separate the wheat from the
> chaff
> > > by my own standards no matter what the "experts"
> > > say. Brian in Berkeley
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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