Hello Mick ,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!
:^)
Thanks for the fine message you posted to the C. R. List . Lovely reading that !
An old acquaintance refers to his own problems in his bicycle shop as , "reverse hallucinations" . If an hallucination is seeing something which is NOT there , then failing to see what actually IS there , must be a "reverse hallucination" .
"But I was just using that thing 10 minutes ago ! How could it run away so fast ? "
My own worst moment in a bicycle shop - I was picking up things with my right hand , looking underneath things , looking for the tool I was in fact holding in my left hand .
Now THAT is absent-minded !!
Hope today finds everyone well , on ALL sides of ALL of the ponds ( even if it's not yer birthday ) .
:^)
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas U.S.A.
where it's crisp but extraordinarily extremely clear
>
> Hello all,
> Today I celebrated my 56th. birthday. Having mow reached this milestone
you
> could say its downhill all the way , great advantage at this age when
> bicycling but not so rosy when considering life and work in general.
> Unfortunately I am now at that stage when I cannot remember where I placed
> the cone spanner I was using five minutes ago but can recall an event that
> took place over thirty years ago vividly. Having now reached this distance
> and to keep me active and sane, thought it might be a good idea to
exercise
> my brain matter and share some classic bike knowledge in a letter once a
> month. Hopefully this will get a debate started and jog peoples memories
and
> add to Dale's CR site. Anyway he goes. Most of you on your side of the
pond
> fall head over hills with London builders whose surnames begins with H
and
> who manufactured funny looking frames. I also shared Alf's passion for
salt
> beef bagel's, lochshen soup, potato latkes and other kreftig dishes. but
not
> for his funny curly contraptions. But there is another London builder
whose
> surname begins with H who deserves more recognition namely R.O.Harrison.
> R.O. was a builder at Maurice Selbach shop in Kennington and was employed
> there when M.S. managed to drop his sprint wheel down a London tramway
> conduit. Unluckily for Maurice there was a lorry coming the other way and
> they scraped him off the tarmac like a pound of strawberry jam. tragically
> robbing us of a great cyclist and innovative cycle maker. Shortly after
> this tragic incident ROH set up his own business in South London building
> his own named frames. He soon established a reputation for high quality
> frames especially his tandems. But the one outstanding model he will be
most
> remembered for is his unique Shortwin design. This model was introduced in
> 1948 in answer to the revival of the prewar craze for short wheel based
> machines. Waller was making the Kingsbury over the water (River Thames) in
> East London and Harrison's of south London came up with this design. The
> shortwin was of welded construction and had a wheelbase of 39" it was
> unusual in having a seat tube in front of the bottom bracket and a down
tube
> consisting of twin braced tubes, very similar to the carbon Colnalgo's.
This
> is now a very rare beast.
> This has been a smashing birthday my daughter Rachel came out cycling with
> me this morning. The wife and children for a present got me a high tech
> mouse and keyboard. Sue cooked me my favorite roast pork dinner not
> strictly kosher, and I am now of to the pub for a pint and a fag!
> If anyone would like any further information on the Shortwin or Harrison's
> please contact me off-list.