Peter's post below has spurred me into finally cleaning up and moving out the old bikes I have from a friend--space in the garage needs to be made.
I posted pics (http://homepage.mac.com/bwebel/cycling/PhotoAlbum33.html) of these a while back. They were ridden by a friend of mine in the early 70s and then hung in a garage for the last 30 years or so. The story she told me pretty much coincides with Peter's--the CIDs came from Georgetown Cycle Sport and were made by MKM in England. I don't find any specific marks that would indicate the manufacturer, have no idea what the tubing might be. BB shell on the touring bike is plain, marked "801" from the factory, I think, then a serial number was engraved on later to match the DC registration number on the decal that was put on the downtube.
First one to go is a touring model. Pics are at:
http://homepage.mac.com/
Asking price is $350 or best offer, plus shipping if you need it shipped. Anybody able to pick up will get preference over having it shipped.
thanks,
Baird
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Baird Webel
Washington DC
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>Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:08:11 -0500
>From: "Peter Koskinen" <peter@prkbikes.com>
>To: "'Tom Dalton'" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>,
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>Subject: RE: [CR]Alpine an Georgetown Cycle Sport
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>Georgetown Cycle Sport actually started on 'M' Street in Georgetown,
>Washington DC in the mid to late 60's with Mike Schwering at the helm. If my
>memory serves me correctly, the correct address was 3310 M street NW,
>Washington DC, 2007
>
> Such luminaries like Danny Wagner, Larry Black, Charlie Fredrickson, Joe
>Saunders, Ian Jackson, the Slaughter brothers, Paul Pearson, and many others
>got their start in bike racing through that store.
>
>Mike Schwering imported a variety of British, French and Eyetalian
>framesets. He also sold frames made in America like Paris-Sport from New
>Jersey, Eisentraut's from Bizzerkley, CA, Some very early Bruce Gordon's, a
>small company called StrawBerry, etc.
>
>At some point in time, Mike made a deal with MKM Cycles in the UK to buy
>painted frames without any decals. These framesets were re decaled in the
>basement of the Georgetown shop with such names as Alpine and C>I<D. C>I<D
>actually was actually a custom auto machine shop that was located in the
>basement of Georgetown Cycle Sport and its name was Custom Import and
>Design. I can remember spending a summer in that basement assembling track
>bikes and the like surrounded by mountains of cardboard and machining
>equipment and a mid 50's hotrod almost entirely encased in paper and boxes
>of stuff.
>
>Danny Wagner was an old friend of Mike Schwering's and eventually became the
>owner/store manager of the Bethesda store which was actually located in the
>Wildwood Shopping Center which is at the intersection of Old Georgetown Road
>and Democracy Blvd.
>
>Mike Schwering passed away in the mid to late 80's GRHS. Danny Wagner
>retired from the bicycle industry and moved to Montgomery County, MD, Joe
>Saunders live in California and owns a successful business. At last count,
>Ian Jackson was living in Florida.
>
>As Tom said below, Georgetown Cycle Sport folded in the mid 80's and shortly
>there after Larry Black opened College Park Bicycles at the foot of the
>University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD
>
>Thanx for the memories,
>Peter Koskinen
>Chapel Hill, NC, USA