Re: [CR]Re: Pogliaghi Italcorse Pista #6844 -- Completed and ridden!

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Pogliaghi Italcorse Pista #6844 -- Completed and ridden!
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:23:16 -0700
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Sasha Eysymontt wrote:
> Ya know, for an April Fool's joke, I'm VERY disappointed in
> everyone for
> total lack of righteous indignation -- I was expecting pitchforks,
> lighted
> torches, and a bubbling tar barrel! I wanted to build this bike as
> outlandish as possible while making it somewhat plausible (as in, a
> friend
> offered a pink deep v front wheel and a neon yellow saddle, but I
> didn't
> want to come off as color blind...) (snip)

Actually I was too polite to say anything... (hard to believe but true). <http://boxwood.subtle.org/se/albums/pogliaghipista/ purplepog01.sized.jpg>

After looking at people's fixies on the Bike Forums, Single and Fixed Gear http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=178 there would be no way of knowing whether you were serious or joking? Some of the bikes shown on that forum make your Pogliaghi almost look classic! I seems like everyday is April 1st on that forum.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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