Re: [CR]Raleigh vs. Schwinn : does beat-up mean good ??

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From: "Eugene Powell" <radfin@SpiritOne.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Raleigh vs. Schwinn : does beat-up mean good ??
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:55:43 -0800
To: Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I do recall working in a shop in the 'burbs in the mid '80s, hearing a customer ask for "a bike over $600 that would fit in the trunk of an Audi 5000"...................

On Mar 21, 2005, at 11:48 PM, Kurt Sperry wrote:
> Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> Does this necessarily mean that Raleighs were more fun to ride, or
>> did Schwinn just sell the bike more frequently to "hang it on the
>> wall" type of owners ?? What do you think ??
>
> Perhaps people who walked into a Schwinn dealer and asked for the
> best- most expensive- bike wound up buying them. Imagine how someone
> unfamiliar with racing bikes might react to their first flat sew up.
> I can just about hear such a person upon hearing the drill for fixing
> a flat say, "screw that" and park the bike in the back of the garage
> forever.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
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>
Gene Powell
Rad Finishes
Portland, OR