John Waner wrote:
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> Hi Dale
> I was shocked when I first saw that number stamped into the down tube
> but i just figured that was how some builders did it. Now I hope it
> just wasn't some one recording their phone number.
No builder would take a hammer and a number die and hammer away on the side of a bicycle tube! But it was common for a city employee to do that when you got your bike registered with the city.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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