Zen,

I was a long time Favorit owner. My Dad bought this beautiful 10 speed for me in the early 1970's. It had a light weight double butted frame and all light weight components. The shifters were on the the lower tube so you had to be in a racing position to quick shift. It was different from any other bike anyone in the neighborhood had.

I rode the bike all the way accross Long Island, north to south and east to west. One day I got a flat and only them learned that the tires and tubes were metric size. Back then you couldn't walk into a bike shop and purchase a metric replacement. Certainly not on my allowance! The solution was to keep the quick relaease hubs, but respoke the entire front and back rims with new spokes and a set of used aluminum rims, I picked up at a garage sale. I couldn't just change over the rims because the brakes would not line up, as I recall. What a job that turned out to be!

Anyway, I loved that bike and had it all the way through college when it was stolen from my dorm in Stony Brook University, while I was on summer break. If anyone bought a white Favorit bike with leather straps around the inside of the hubs (a trick I learned to keep them clean) please contact me. I'd love to get my Favorite Favorit back.

Joe