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John E
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

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I remember my first bicycle encounter with northern California headwinds. I was doing my first century (actually, a metric double) with my cousin, from Los Altos to Santa Cruz, then up the coast to San Gregorio, then back over the ridge through Palo Alto to return to our starting point. The entire ordeal took 12 hours, almost as long as my Double Century the next year, partly because I had to grind in a 45-inch gear against a headwind all the way up the coast. (We probably should have made the loop anticlockwise, instead. ) Even worse, the third member of our group, one of my college pals, took advantage of his grannie gearing to get ahead of us on the climb out of San Gregorio, but he turned left on Skyline and headed up the peninsula. Each of us slept for a good 12 hours after that adventure.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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