Re: [CR]Re: Unfortunate Victims of Boutique Bicycle Buying

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:56:23 -0700 (PDT)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Unfortunate Victims of Boutique Bicycle Buying

The main thing stopping us from being vintage poseurs is a severe lack of VINTAGE ACCESSORIES, especially jerseys, water bottles, gloves, hats, etc. I am still surprised at how hard it is to find a classic-looking water bottle or glove that says "Schwinn", "Raleigh", "Peugeot", "Motobecane", or has any other label from the "big 4" manufacturers of the 1970's. It seems that today all you can find is a plethora of stuff stamped "Colnago" !!!

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA