My first ride up Diablo. Check photo!
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My first ride up Diablo. Check photo!
Yep, I climbed Mt. Diablo in 1974 or 75 for the first time, in blue jean shorts, a cotton tee, tennis shoes, sexy socks on a Gitaine Grand Sport Deluxe that was too big for me and weighed a ton. Steel rims, baby! It was great.
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Curtis, great pic - those socks are awesome!
And the glasses and haircut are giving off a John Denver kinda vibe.
And the glasses and haircut are giving off a John Denver kinda vibe.
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Superbe...Who took the photo?
Same sign, different place.
Did you have a backpack full of picnic supplies too?
Same sign, different place.
Did you have a backpack full of picnic supplies too?
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Nice souvenir.
Do you still have your Gitane? My first road bike was also a Gitane, still have it. Although it's needs a lot of work, especially the rusty components. Mine came with fenders and lights that I later removed. I rode it to school (middle and high) every day. No Mt. Diablo like features where I used to live.
Do you still have your Gitane? My first road bike was also a Gitane, still have it. Although it's needs a lot of work, especially the rusty components. Mine came with fenders and lights that I later removed. I rode it to school (middle and high) every day. No Mt. Diablo like features where I used to live.
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That's awesome. Thankfully (or is that sadly) I was alive when you did that, but wouldn't have had the motor skills to get my buggy up there.
I'm sure that whipper snapper could drop his elder version at will.
I'm sure that whipper snapper could drop his elder version at will.
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That is awesome.
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Toddman007: YES, I bought that bile at a bike shop on Mt. Diablo Bl in Walnut Creek just after I got out of high school in 1971. Carbon steel and steel rims. Yikes! But I rode it lots for a few years then got a used Gitaine Tour de France that I still have (converted to a fixed/SS.) I no longer have the socks.
DiabloScott: My cycling mentor Matt Gass took the photo with my camera. No picnic supplies, I was a cyclist, darn it. Just one with no money for shoes or shorts. I think I'm wearing my old high school PE shirt.
DiabloScott: My cycling mentor Matt Gass took the photo with my camera. No picnic supplies, I was a cyclist, darn it. Just one with no money for shoes or shorts. I think I'm wearing my old high school PE shirt.
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