Don't you remember "E.T., The Extraterrestrial"? Look, she is even pointing as if to indicate that she wants to phone home.

~Monkey~

Sorry, didn't see your reply. Yes, Fort Worth.

Thanks. It's currently part of a display of cycling photos at a local bakery.... along with these two:

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Brian by doohickie@ymail.com, on Flickr

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Elisabet by doohickie@ymail.com, on Flickr

When my vintage bikes were as slick as they came in the 70's, nobody knew what they were. I started getting double-takes twenty years ago.

There is a fairly rich biking community in my town. On some of the rides, you see a nice mix of vintage and newer. I'll take my trek or my MTB on one and no one says anything other than the occasional 'hi' or 'get the hell out of my way' but if I roll up on my Paramount, people come out of the wood work and ask what it is.

Last weekend, riding my usual 30 mile loop on a long MUP I encountered a middle aged guy with his son, both on what looked from a distance like vintage road bikes. As soon as I pulled up with them, the dad said 'Hey, was that your high school bike?' Which was pretty good as my Motobecane is the bike I *should* have had in high school (class of '74, like my bike). He said he'd had one in HS, though not a Grand Record, and he obviously had fond memories of it. But when I looked at his bike I got a surprise, because it was a beautiful Mike Melton, which he had bought new in the 80s. We chatted a few minutes more while waiting at a street crossing.

I find it pretty common that a fellow cyclist will comment on my bike, I've had both 'Hey, a Miyata' and 'Hey, a Motobecane' type responses from guys who know what they are and either had one or wanted one back in the day; also sometimes young riders don't know exactly what it is but think it's cool. Which it is!