Re: [CR] How About More NYC Bike Shops

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:34:44 -0700
From: "Fred Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <03873FCB-D3A0-4AC1-845E-0B82B99C9275@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] How About More NYC Bike Shops


Angelo was Al Toefield's partner and quite a character. He was actually more helpful for those of us who were less successful as racers. My recollection is that he usually had an unlit cigar in his mouth. He also had a somewhat gruff voice, so when he gave you advice it sounded like you were getting it from The Godfather. (Imagine Marlon Brando telling you something like "You gotta use a 15 for da flyin' 200...")
     Best regards,
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Hi Nino,
>
> Yeah, I remember Al & Angelo. Their families were
> trying to convince me to buy that shop after they both died
> in 1989... A few years ago Al's widow gave me the miniature
> track bike that  (NYC frame builder) Dick Power built
> in 1950.
>
> http://jamieswan.net/pages/Dick%20Power.html
>
> Al's daughter found me because her daughter Googled "Al
> Toefield" and my web site was the only hit. Al had the bike
> because he bought what was left of Dick Power's shop after
> Dick died. I gave the bike (via Dick Power historian Eddie
> Albert) to Dick's grandson and great grandson. This is a
> page on Dave Perry's site:
>
> http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/06bicycles/tinytrackbikeDP.html
>
> I never did the Pepsi Marathon but I knew lots of guys who
> did. Remember GBSC rider Billy "Black Socks" Bauer used to
> "win" that thing every year by doing something like 350
> miles in the 24 hours?
>
> I'm really enjoying all this NYC stuff.
>
> Jamie Swan
> Northport, NY, USA
> http://www.jamieswan.net
>
>
>
> On Aug 15, 2009, at 12:17 PM, NHell39123@aol.com
> wrote:
>
> > Who on the CR list remembers remembers the Kissena
> Bike Shop? Does the
> > name Angelo sound familiar along with Al Toefield? Did
> anyone on the CR list
> > particpate in the NYC Bike Marathon in Central Park? I
> would always ride
> > 100 miles on my Frejus back in the day. There were two
> other shops that bring
> > back memories, Bellitti's in Jamaica, and Arc D'
> Triomphe in Richmond Hill.
> > All  were in Queens.Belliti's sold Fiorelli bikes
> and I remember going to
> > Arc  D'Triomphe in the early 1980's. They had
> some beautiful Colnago Supers
> > for  sale at that time. Slow and easy on my
> Frejus today in the hot weather
> > of  Westchester County. Norm Hellman-Riverdale ,
> New  York.