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Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
Originally Posted by
top506
1) On a ride posted here I was doing slow circles in a gravel parking lot on the Gitane When the rear wheel kicked out.
2) On a charity ride while waiting for my daughter to catch up I turned into a steeply banked gutter and couldn't kick out of the clip.
3) the same charity ride two years later: pulling into a rest stop one of the wrenches looks at the Schwinn SS and says "that's the coolest bike I've seen all day!".
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#3 make up for the other two big time.
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