Re: [CR] Now: Fond goodbyes to Witcomb Cycles

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

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From: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:52:12 -0700
To: Rendezvous Classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Now: Fond goodbyes to Witcomb Cycles


On Aug 6, 2009, at 2:46 PM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> i'm not saying witcombs was a great marque or even a great bike shop
> but they
> were my lbs. they survived for years through times when no-one gave a
> tinker's
> cuss for bikes or bike shops by selling kid's bikes and repairing
> anything that
> came along.
>
> they also had a few americans come to work there....
>

Witcomb was really important in the development of American frame builders. Phil Brown Saddened in Oakland, Calif.