In a message dated 1/18/2005 8:02:55 AM Mountain Standard Time, sweedler@mail.plymouth.edu writes:
said to be originally sold by Hartley Alley of The Touring Cyclist shop in Boulder in 73-4 era.
Nice to see Hartley's name on the list. I knew him and his wife Jean very well. A good humoured and kind person, who loved bicycles, who loved to ride, who loved to hang out with the bike kids, and who enjoyed sharing a beer with everyone else in my bike shop Friday evening. He'd come in at about five, lay a five dollar bill on the counter, and announce to the shop in general, "Who's goin' fuh bee-ah? You fly, I'll buy!"
He rode CO --> IN for his fiftieth highschool reunion, updating the world via short-wave radio the entire way. He made a decent enough living from his Touring Cyclist business to have a small crop of high-end bikes hanging in his garage. I think I recall correctly two Hetchins, one straight, and one curley, a chrome Paramount, and more. He steadily made modest improvements and innovations to touring equipment, and claimed that Kirtland had, ah, borrowed ideas from him.
Last I knew, Jean was still living in Boulder. I should look her up. Hartley's "key went silent", as they say in the shortwave world, a few years back. You're remembered fondly, Hartley.
Peter Bridge
DenCO