Started in Portland Oregon. 1,400 miles to Denver, I remember 14 days but it's been some time and my brain is fading. I left the bike in Denver because I didn't have the money to ship it back. It stayed in storage there for a year or so and I let my brother Keith have it if he payed the shipping. That got him started riding, he ended up racing and got me into riding again. My next bike was a new 1968 Raleigh Competition. Here it is right after I picked it up:
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Jim Merz Big Sur CA
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Steve Birmingham <
sbirmingham@mindspring.com> wrote:
> The transition from JC Higgins to Ted Williams was gradual, and started in
> 1961.
> The first stuff to change was baseball and fishing equipment, with most
> other sporting goods
> following a year or two later. Ted made more from the sears endorsements
> than he had playing.
> And from what I've read was actually very hands on with the baseball and
> fishing gear since
> he didn't want his name on junk. That obviously changed later on, since by
> the early 70's his name
> was on some pretty awful bikes. They were usually a cut above other dept
> store bikes though.
>
>
> Jim, which way were you headed? east west or west-east. I think we've all
> had at least one ill advised/planned bike adventure.
>
> Steve Birmingham
> Lowell, Massachusetts
> USA