Tom and I had a funny moment. Joe (proudly): "Hey Tom, I just sold your old Girardengo", Tom to paraphrase): "You mean the one you still owe me for when I dropped it off at the last meet?" Joe: "Ahem- here ya go", Well, we get to talkin' I suppose -what can I say.
I get so busy at these things that I have a hard time scouting around. If anything I thought the actual amount of vintage material was up. I bought some nice stuff in the probably 20 minutes total I cruised around. About 5 BSA hub axles and 4 boxes of nice Swiss spokes from Bobby Phillips (my favorite and perennial seller), a set of Duegi shoes in my size with the wood soles, TA 3 Arm crankset ( I love 3-arm cranks-why? who knows), a Campy hub I needed (thanks to Martin Gold, superscout).
Joe Bender-Zanoni Great Notch, NJ
Tom Hayes wrote:
>On what has to be considered spectacular fall weather--mist and cold in the
>morning, brillant sunshine buring the mist off and warming to the low
>seventies on a virtually cloudless day--Trexlertown Swap Meet took place Th
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>usual East Coast suspects were there, as were a few from Ohio, one notable
>from West Virginia, and other folks from the CR list.
>
>In my estimate, the number of vendors was significantly down. I remember
>last year's fall one had vendors all around the perimeter of the track as
>well as the interior being full. This year not as full. Perhaps this can be
>attributed to the two swaps Trexlertown added to its schedule.
>
>In spite of that, I thought--perhaps coming from a highly caffinated moment
>,
>after two double shots of expresso--there was more vintage stuff, more
>vendors selling classic parts and bikes than in past. Some I thought were
>interesting: a Colnago decaled track bike that the owner said was a Whitcom
>b
>USA track bike, Steve Maasland had his array of interesting and
>little-known-to-me Italian bikes, Joe Z.'s table looked like the parts boxe
>s
>in my garage, a Windsor track bike, saw an early seventies Cinelli being
>rolled away, saw lots of interesting parts--a 150 mm Campy Gran Sport
>crankset.
>
>I sold a few frames, bought a set of wheels that I cannot possibly use, and
>a Cyclo hand threading spoke tool missing one die--what every tool chest
>needs.
>
>As I commented last year, I do indeed find it interesting that the younger
>folks--the late teens through late twenties--who show the most interest in
>the vintage stuff are of the messenger crowd. That, I think, is a slick,
>unexpected phenomena.
>
>I cannot tell whether this year was successful or not: this was the first
>time going to a swap that I came home with less than I brought. Usually,
>that would qualify as unsuccessful; this time, however, I am very happy wit
>h
>the result of the day. And the drive through Pennsylvania both on Friday an
>d
>Saturday was all one could want.
>
>And if the person who was selling the Colnago track--whitcomb--is on the
>list and it did not sell, please contact me, I add sheepishly after saying
>I
>came home with less than I brought.
>
>A good swap.
>
>Cheers.
>--
>Tom Hayes
>Chagrin Falls, Ohio