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Old 08-24-03 | 06:32 PM
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From: n.w. superdrome

Bikes: 1 trek, serotta, rih, de Reus, Pogliaghi and finally a Zieleman! and got a DeRosa

I went to school at Univ. of Miami, class of 75. I was gonna
be N.J.'s answer to Jacques Cousteau, and UM was the only
place to go for a degree in marine biology (little did I know
there was NO undergrad marine biology degree.
The Falcon was a replacement for a stolen Schwinn, had all
campy group (N. Gran sport? don't recall), and was supposed
to be light weight (Well compared to the schwinn, varsity I think,
anything was lightweight).
used to spend lots of time in the grove, friend of mine knew
Jerry Jeff, who knew J. Buffett who knew Fred Neil. etc.
I also used to hang out at Art Professors studio, G. Massin,
who was my artistic mentor. alas I should have listened to him.
That was when the grove had character and class, not just
a "bohemian tourist attraction".
The shop was small, sandwiched between some macrobiotic
hippie, incense laden coffee shop, specializing in sprouts
(early vegetarian, no Vegans back then), and a trendy
head shop specializing in well, trendy hippie clothing and
incense and smoking paraphenallia.

I sold the Viscount back in early to mid 80's during an economic
downturn. I really wish I had it still, I had spare BB, bearings etc.
I got rid of alot of the original stuff and went light with it. Suntour
drivechain, Avocet Racing II saddle, Am Classic seatpost, and
was beginning to think about drillium. Yeah, it was quick I'll say
that. I also was talking about having the BB taped for italian
threading (it was the only one that we could have gotten away
with) and going with more coventional setup.
I still keep an eye out for Viscounts.

Marty
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