Re: [CR]Re: What did you ride at 30

At 30 I got smart. I rode a Linear recumbent. No more sore butt.

BTW I built my first recumbent in 1980. Does that qualify as a vintage bike?

Steve Leitgen La Crosse, Wi

On Oct 14, 2005, at 9:22 AM, cmartell@ucsd.edu wrote:
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> Gee all you guys are so lucky, you have many many many years
> experience.
> I might be one of the youngest contributors.
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> So what did you ride at 30?
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> Myself: Custom Kalavinka with sugino 75 crank/superbe chainrings/Suzue
> NJS
> hubs SWEET as honey.
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> and sometimes a borrowed Colnago 74...(my year).
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> cheers,
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> Carlos M.
> San Diego, Ca.
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>> 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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