Gee all you guys are so lucky, you have many many many years experience. I might be one of the youngest contributors.
So what did you ride at 30?
Myself: Custom Kalavinka with sugino 75 crank/superbe chainrings/Suzue NJS hubs SWEET as honey.
and sometimes a borrowed Colnago 74...(my year).
cheers,
Carlos M. San Diego, Ca.
> Gee, all you guys were so lucky to get multi speed bikes.
> I started racing in 1947 and had to make do with a '39 Durkopp track bike.
> But then all our racing was done on fixed gears, road and track.
> It was in 1951 that I got my Urago, TDF derailleur, 8sp, Reynolds 531 road
> bike. That one got smashed in 1954 when I was hit by a semi trailer truck
> the day before Somerville. Didn't get to ride that classic with 4th and
> 5th
> fractured lumbar vertebra among other inconveniences.
> My kid's tool around bike was a camel back 28" wheel coaster brake CCM
> when
> I was 13/14.
> Used the old Durkopps in racing until mid '50's, were replaced by Urago,
> Patria, and Rabenick track bikes.
> There's a few stories that go with all those neat gem two wheel steeds.
> Where's that cold bottle of brut champagne and vanilla biscotti?
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
> To: "Davis Jensen" <davisjensen1@earthlink.net>;
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:38 PM
> Subject: [CR]Re: What did you ride as a teen?
>
>
>> For me it was an Elswick Tour Anglais. I was the only kid in town with
>> a
>> 12 speed bike in 1960.
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