Good evening friends,
> The business at hand is
> a vintage ride centered here in San Diego near the SD Velodrome in
> Balboa Park (Morley Field). The date is June 7, Saturday. The time is
> between 10am and 12noon on the track. ( At 12:00 The Big Eddy B. will be there to Train the elete Pros and Semi Pros ) I'm sure we will have had enough by
> then. This will be an informal race or whatever comes up when we get
> there sort of affair. I believe one must have a track bike to ride on
> the track; but anyone who wants to join us for the party afterwards is
> welcome to come watch or just come to talk and eat. This will be an opportunity for us So.
> Cal (and whoever else can join us) track people to get together and get
> in a few laps on the velodrome. Perhaps I will take the chrome Masi
> Special track frame that just appeared at Le Cirque out for its' maiden
> voyage on the track. We can ride a warm-up paceline and even a burn out
> at the end if the group can handle it. The track is open to the public
> Saturday mornings between 9am and 12pm. I would imagine there will be
> others present as well. I will bring out an extensive collection of
> Baylis track bikes to check out. Perhaps my Hetchins track bike and my
> Tesch Custom S-22 track machine can make rare appearances. The oldest of
> my own frames that I posses is a track bike I built in 1979 while in
> Costa Mesa, CA. It has had 4 owners during that time but I am the only
> person who has ever ridden it! I bought it back from a guy for $400 in
> about 1990 or so. What a score.
>
> After the fun and games at the local velodrome we will adjourn to the
> Picnic Tables, where we will commence to eating grilled
> foodstuffs and swilling beer and whathaveyou. We will need an RSVP to
> get a headcount to guide our purchaseing of food. Let Sterling know if
> you will be comming to our ride. I haven't been around the track since
> 1995, even though I live only 12 miles from the track and I own a dozen
> track bikes. So no need to worry about who is doing what, just bring
> your track iron and ride around in circles with us. Let's have fun and
> be safe. Thank GOD Pergolizzi ain't here. There ain't no winning any
> sprits from that DAWG! Crap, his thighs are so big (fat???) that they
> hit the seat binder bolt. Time to have some of that shank trimmed off.
> You look like the Incredible Hulk sorta, maybe not quite so ugly. ;-)!
> Not being a sprinter myself, my tactic involves a "kilo finish" that is
> designed to catch the sprinters off gaurd and sometimes unwilling or
> unable to catch up. If it comes down to a fisticuffs dragrace to the
> line I'll oftentimes end up second.
>
> After watching all that wild 6 day racing at the Cirque, everyone should
> be fired up to buzz the track.
>
> This may be the first organized Vintage track event actually held on a
> velodrome. Join us.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Phone rang ALL day, have to work late into the night.
>
> Sterling can be reached at: Sterling@tns.net.