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Old 09-25-12 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bud16415
You can believe it. Fred passed away this spring at the age of 100 but many new Fred’s live on. He was quite an interesting guy to read about. I attached a few links to get you started. Attached is a picture to give you a feel for the original Fred look.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_(bicycling)
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2...hmore-dies-100

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...the-World.html



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It's interesting.

Both my clothing and equipment sort of look like that. Though updated, of course.

It doesn't surprise me and I'll bet you other freds look similar.

There's just no way around it; we are the coolest bicyclists.

Also, I didn't really doubt Fred's existence so much as I doubted that the posers called us fred out of admiration for him and for us. That seems very dubious.
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