Originally Posted by
merziac
Very cool, well aware of Micheal's, it was a mecca for racers of the day, Hampsten, Howard, Meeker and many more.
I have a bike from Micheal Bornstein that he built when he was at Strawberry here in PDX. He worked at Micheal's before and after that I believe. It was supposedly Greg Meeker's training bike for the Olympics that he didn't get to.
It's not every day that one see's a component engraved with the name of a bike shop! I wonder if that was supposed to keep track of ownership??
I think Michael's survived by serving the college students, but there were signs that they weren't the average Raleigh shop. Maybe it was the wall size photo of Jeff Bradley (if memory serves) when you walked in? Or maybe it was the little shrine to Andy Hampsten in the back? This was in the 1981 to mid 80's, when the shop was still on the corner. They later moved to a larger space that had been Nim's Sportsman Exchange.
Very nice frame! Lots of work went into thinning that seat lug!
Steve in Peoria