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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
!Jones' Sock Puppet wrote:
In '70, one could buy a decent bicycle for $20 - $30 at a hardware store. I paid $48.33 in '68 for my '66 Schwinn equipped with a Bendix kickback and that was considered extravagant. In '70, I was in Vietnam, so I didn't have a bicycle; however, in '72, I was driving a cab and considered 40 bucks to be a decent night's book... I probably averaged $30 to $35. I was in Georgetown, DC in October doing a little urban hiking... granted, that's a pricey neighborhood. We walked by a bike shop and their window display bike had a $22K price tag!!! Sheeze! That's more than I paid for my first *house*! But your house wasn't made from carbon fiber. |
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How come bicycle clothing looks so silly?
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:06:14 -0800, in alt.war.vietnam SMS
wrote: I was in Georgetown, DC in October doing a little urban hiking... granted, that's a pricey neighborhood. We walked by a bike shop and their window display bike had a $22K price tag!!! Sheeze! That's more than I paid for my first *house*! But your house wasn't made from carbon fiber. Seems like that bicycle used fertile whooping crane eggs in its production. Jones |
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