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Bikes: 1903 24 spd Sunbeam, 1927 Humber, 3 1930 Raleighs, 2 1940s Sunbeams, 2 1940s Raleighs, Rudge, 1950s Robin Hood, 1958 Claud Butler, 2 1973 Colnago Supers, Eddie Merckx, 2 1980 Holdsworth, EG Bates funny TT bike, another 6 or so 1990s bikes
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You never can tell what people actually believe or are.
Good example was today. It is a beautiful summer's day here in SE England. They don't happen often but when they do it's glorious.
For many, many years an unassuming Frenchman (retired) stops every afternoon at the local pub and has a half-pint of ale and leaves. Never says a word and is considered by the regulars as a bit of an oddball. He rides an old (they went broke in the 1970s) Lambretta scooter with a very rare, skirted canvas fairing that covers your legs. Old ladies back in the day used this wraparound fairing to keep their dresses/shoes/stockings/handbags etc out of the wind and rain. Sure - no worries - a bit of an odd configuration (especially in the summer) but there you go. Quiet unassuming guy - nice but dull.
Today the same French guy rides in for his half-pint. But today he's riding a water-cooled Indian Scout Bobber with tear-drop leather saddles latched with brass buckles to scoop the bikes skeleton cut-down leather upholstery.
It was like damn.....America has just entered the building!
People just WTF! Who knew? - old half-pint Frenchie is bad-ass Captain America in disguise.
Sonofa*****!
Goes to show you never can tell.