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Old 08-22-10 | 09:43 PM
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Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

Originally Posted by jonwvara
In fact I do--I work for a company called Bike Vermont. Did you read an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that described a Bike Vermont tour and mentioned me and my Dad's Raleigh? My 15 minutes of fame, I guess. I'm embarrassed to say that I've forgotten the name of the woman who wrote it (after going on a tour) but she was a very pleasant person and a good writer, I thought. Her husband was also a great guy.
Yep, I remember your bike from the article. Searching the newspaper's archives, this is all I can find:

Ride and seek A biking tour of Vermont delivers unexpected lessons for a Texas couple searching for time together beneath the fall foliage
CATHERINE MALLETTE Star-Telegram Staff Writer
ADVENTURE TOURISM

"I can do this,"I murmured to myself. "This"was the hill before me.

Funny, but just the day before, from the seat of a car, I might not have even noticed this rise in the land. From the saddle of a bicycle, hills take on a completely different perspective.

It was a late September afternoon, the first full day of a three-day Bike Vermont tour.

Back in July, I'd thought to myself,...

Published on 2008-10-19, Page F01, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)

Read more: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/...#ixzz0xOfdnoqK
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I had just gotten my Raleigh DL-1 a month or so before that article, so I remember it vividly.
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