Re: [CR]vintage (?) bicycle helmet question

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Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:32:50 -0400
From: "Julian Shapiro" <julians@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]vintage (?) bicycle helmet question
To: Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>
References: <20050527040639.12829.qmail@web52505.mail.yahoo.com>
reply-type=original

Must be something in the air....somewhere in the middle of a midday 35 miles today I was mulling Peter Kohler's recent posting about cycling shoes (I won't go there) and was remembering that Lon Haldeman did an early Race Across America in street shoes.........and a Skidlid! viz.:

http://www.ultracycling.com/about/hof_haldeman.html

Julian Shapiro Sag Harbor (where the sun is finally shining) NY


----- Original Message -----
From: Don Wilson
To: Classic Rendezvous
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 12:06 AM
Subject: [CR]vintage (?) bicycle helmet question



>I picked up the strangest bicycle helmet in history.
> It is called a Skidlid. It is NOS. I won't waste
> bandwidth on list with a description. It was made in
> San Diego in 1983. What in god's name have I turned up
> here. Did ANYONE actually wear such a thing in 1983?
> What were the people in San Diego ingesting in 1983 to
> produce such a thing?
> Don Wilson
> Los Olivos, CA
>
> D.C. Wilson 805.688.8696 dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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