[CR]early years and "team issue" bikes

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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:15:06 -0400
From: "Grant McLean" <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca>
To: "Classic Rendezvous Mail List (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]early years and "team issue" bikes

Hi y'all

Got discussing this topic off-list, and it changed my perspective on the "issue" (sorry, bad pun)

The light bulb came on for me today, that actually, maybe a high percentage of examples of top end road bikes that exist from the 50's to the 60's (early 70's?) are probably "real" race bikes, built for a team or racer. It was pointed out to me that your average guys and dolls didn't stroll into a bikeshop and pick a "pro" level bike off the wall and take it to the cash register. (that only started happening when?)

Anyone disagree that the brands used by pro riders sold virtually no high-end "team-like-model" bikes to the non-racer consumer?

Grant McLean Toronto.Ca

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