Subject: Re: Re: [CR]Small builders.
> Peter
>
> To expand on what I wrote, I've just collected after a few phone calls,
> the names on the frames from just our club in 1958.
> It reads as follows:
>
> Bates, E G Bates(several), Rory O'Brien, Hetchins, Hobbs of
> Barbican(several), Ephgrave, Holland, Evans, Carpenter, Grubb, Whitaker,
> Duckett, Fiorelli, Cinelli, Urago.
>
> At least the last three prove we didn't all believe the local builders
> were the bees knees!
>
> Not a single Raleigh, BSA or Hercules is remembered , although that's not
> to say someone didn't own one but prefers to forget it!
> Most of us only had either one or two bikes, perhaps plus a tandem. My
> Carpenter served as a work bike Monday to Friday and Sat am. Then
> Saturday when I got home, I would clean it, fit saddle bag and sprint
> carriers to hold my sprints, then ride our to wherever the digs were.
> Sunday we raced, then rode to meet the club members who didn't race,
> either for cafe lunch or tea. Then we all rode home, often a very long way
> round, and sometimes getting back home well into the evening. Great days,
> never to be seen again, but always remembered with fondness.
>
> Mike Waite
> Amersham Bucks UK
> mrwaite@btinternet.com