Tom Avenia was an important source of racing bikes in the New York area for many years. Many of us remember his and other NYC shops with pleasure-they were the source of dreams. Although I did not obtain it from Tom Avenia, during the late 1950's and early 1960's, some of us used double sided tape (made for this purpose-not electric tape) to glue tubulars, this tape was easy to use and caused no problems. I would like to know whether anyone remembers a Manhattan, NY, bike shop run by Joe Aug, a former six day racer? This shop was on the upper West side-about 110th Street, not too far from 5th Avenue, if my memory doesn't play tricks.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:54 AM, <drstuarts@aol.com> wrote:
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> Tom ?Avenia moved his shop up to Haverstraw, NY in the early 1980's. There
> is still a bike shop up there with his name, on Route 9W, that I saw two
> years ago while riding. I don't know if he is still alive; he would be quite
> old. I remember talking with him about his method of afixing tubular tires
> to rims...he used double-sided electrician's tape! He claimed he never
> rolled a tire with this method. I never tried this...life is too short!
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> Stuart Stiffey
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> Woodstock, NY USA
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-- George
George Hollenberg MD
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