Re: [CR]Jewish builders and (flea markets)

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From: <vahdia@att.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Jewish builders and (flea markets)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 05:47:13 +0000

Pat asked about what had become of Tom Sullivan's shop,and where else is interesting to look for classic/vintage bikes in the Santa Cruz,CA area,including;does the Flea still produce?

Tom Sullivan packed it in a couple of years ago to go back to working re- models in order to make a real living,raising kids and all.Grant Handley (rstytnsp) and Peter Johnson are boyhood buddies of Tom,so they helped to keep him stocked in exotic candy.
    I filled my house and shop with kool bike projects after 25 years of finding them starting in the 70's,so I stopped hunting so avidly a few years ago.Even so,I'm a regular at the Flea,and the bike hunting has declined precipitously there in the last ten years.About five good ones in a year show up.I used to adopt orphan bikes in danger of being ruined at the rebuild shops,but I kind of quit that so as to avoid temptation.I suspect that I was finding less before i quit anyway...
    The Flea Market these days mostly shows sorta classic usable bikes like Treks and Fujis.Which reminds me...that one day I let local shop owner Jeff Jolin buy a touring Jack Taylor so that I would know where it is until he sells it.His shop is Cycle Works on 41st Avenue.He keeps a fair supply of orphaned puppies upstairs there.May still have the somewhat 61cm Taylor.
    'til later,Seth F. Santa Cruz,CA