>From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt(AT)earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [CR]Second Tier Bicycles Worth Mentioning
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 15:15:24 -0700
>
>Periodically on the list there is this plaintive cry from some soul,
>"Why don't you guy's ever discuss my one true love, the (fill in the
>blank with your personal fav bike... mine would be the sublime Sears,
>Roebuck and Company, 'Free Spirit' 10-speed bicycle from 1968)."
>
You know, Chuck, I'd enjoy your posts more if you could try injecting just a little bit of humor into them.
Jerry G. Prigmore Clovis, California, USA
P.S. It's nice to see that you're not just some bike snob. The Free Spirit is my favorite, too, followed closely by the Roadmaster (of course), and the Open Road by Montgomery Ward, classics all. Granted, they lack some of the snob appeal of the best Huffy and Murray models, but to me they can stand on their own in any discussion of fine bicycles.