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Old 11-27-15 | 05:52 PM
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Bikes: Waterford Paramount Touring, Raleigh Sports 3-speeds in M23 & L23, Schwinn Cimarron oddball build, Marin Palisades Trail dropbar conversion, Nishiki Cresta GT, Jeunet mixte

We had a good customer years ago named Buzzy. Budding racer and a helluva nice guy. Bike nut, like the rest of us. He got a great deal on a beautiful set of Campy NR high flange hubs. Spent hours hand polishing them and bought spokes from us to build them up and when it came time for a freewheel he noticed the markings on the hub denoting French thread. Poor guy had to special order the body and build it up from our SunTour cog boards. He wound up spending $60 on it. Does not sound like a lot these days but it was still possible to pay that for a month's rent at that time.
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