Randy G.

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<jbincyberia@cox.nospam.net> wrote:

>Just one more thing...the most important thing, actually.
>You graduated in '69, right on the cusp of when things began to change.
>Drugs came in after that, vandalism, you name it. Great times were gone
>forever. By '75...forget it! They were putting down flares and road
>blocks at every intersection.
>

Ya.. I was a sort of Hippy type and my brother ran with the Brandford
Park Boys, a "little bother" club (gang) of the Lynchmen. He carried
around the newspaper clipping of the drive-by they did... Ya, he was a
great guy.. :-(

>Poly and Grant were pretty good rivals in those days. I graduated from
>Grant in Summer of "63.
>I remember Cycle World...I think it's still in business. Who knows how
>many owners it's had since then.
>
Quite a few. It was "Sam's Cycle World" (Sam was a real jerk, not only
to the employees, but he was doing a _LOT_ of under-the-table business
that the IRS never knew about) and then Fred Faustman bought it (he
was the manager) and then he finally sold it. I was the Asst. Sales
Manager from about '86-'88 and worked there for three summers before
that when I was a teacher. It was a great place back then- quality
bikes and real enthusiasts.

>I bought a full-suspension Cannondale
>downhill mountain bike several years ago that I still ride almost daily.
>If I remember correctly, Cycle World carried Schwinn.
>
Not when I was there. The Schwinn Shop was just up the street towards
the College.

>You must have had
>some contact with Jack Kemp on Laurel Canyon and Chandler. That was one
>of my hangouts.
>Anyway, as I said, I'm going to be doing a lot of thinking tonight, and
>hopefully remembering.....
>

I did go into Jack's shop a few times. I did race one season at the
Encino Velodrome in the 18-35 class.. I was 34 at the time and spent
Saturday nights getting my ass kicked by the kids.

We each still have out 1971 Schwinns we bought new and picked up when
we returned from our Honeymoon in Burbank where we had an apt. for a
few months before we moved for my schooling in San Jose. We also each
have Fat Chance moutain bikes (the year before index shifting cae
out!) And we each have Trek Road bikes.. I have an all Campy 770 and
the wife has a 720 touring frame that is so long I can get my XL-sized
fist between the seat tube and the front of the rear tire! To top off
the collection we have a custom made Landshark road tandem. John
Slawta was our shop's out-of-house custom frame builder, so I designed
the frame with him and then I built the bike from scratch once he
finished the frame (including the wheels!).

>JIM in Las Vegas.

From the Valley to VEGAS!?


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Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
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'90 245 Estate - '93 965 Estate
"Shelby" & "Kate"

joebobes

Hi there,

I understand that it was quite a while when you wrote this post, but I was wondering if you could put me in touch with your mother about this story?

I work for LIV, the Volvo magazine, and would like to contact her for our regular 'A Volvo Saved My Life feature'.

It would be much appreciated if you could get in touch with me at:
joe.curran@redwoodgroup.net asap.

Kind regards,

Joe Curran
LIV magazine

VolvoCub

Well mine is not a Saved my life story but think it fun.
I was coming home from work late on a Friday evening. Was in the right lane turning right (Canada). A drunk did not want to wait for the other car turrning left and thought he would go arround me on the right (AKA the sidewalk). At the last second I saw headlights in my side mirror. Was a bit stunned cuz this was a sidewalk, I jerrked out of the turn at the last min. We did hit. There was the most minor of scrapes on my front right fender. His car was not so well off, it ripped the mouldings off, his door handle, and his rear bumper. I had NO parts to pick up. Even my new headlight and front turn indicaters were not scratched. Sadly I only got 5 of the 6 licence plate #'s (as he took off) so police were not albe to help.