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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
Hello,
I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. The copyright on the one I have is 1970. I remember this book as being in pretty much every public library I ever went into as a kid. There's an Italian racing bike on the back cover and spine of the jacket that kind of morphs into a Raleigh 3-speed on the front cover. Does anyone know what kind of bike is on the back cover? It has one of those Made in Italy decals on the seat tube you used to see on Italian frames, Campy Neuvo Record components with center-pull brakes. The seat cluster is chromed and rather distinctive looking. The bike is blue with white decals. -Eric |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:34:16 +0000, E Goforth wrote:
Hello, I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. The copyright on the one I have is 1970. I remember this book as being in pretty much every public library I ever went into as a kid. There's an Italian racing bike on the back cover and spine of the jacket that kind of morphs into a Raleigh 3-speed on the front cover. Does anyone know what kind of bike is on the back cover? I have that same book. In my hands now. I'm not sure what it is. Certainly looks Italian, but it is not a Cinelli, not a Masi. The seat lug looks a lot like my Frejus, except I can't see the oval cutout that should be in the middle of the lug. It's older, though, than mine, if it is a Frejus. It even has a clamp-on derailleur cable stop and (I think) clamp-on cable guides at (above) the bottom bracket. Funny to look though this book. It even has a buying guide for high-end bikes, topped out by a Cinelli at $255. Campy Neuvo Record components with center-pull brakes. The seat cluster is chromed and rather distinctive looking. Yes, it is. Decals are a bit generic, though, so it's hard to place. I also have a little white dog like the one in the basket of the 3-speed. -- David L. Johnson __o | Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve _`\(,_ | death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to (_)/ (_) | them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. -- J. R. R. Tolkein |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
"E Goforth" wrote in message ink.net... Hello, I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. The copyright on the one I have is 1970. I remember this book as being in pretty much every public library I ever went into as a kid. There's an Italian racing bike on the back cover and spine of the jacket that kind of morphs into a Raleigh 3-speed on the front cover. Does anyone know what kind of bike is on the back cover? It has one of those Made in Italy decals on the seat tube you used to see on Italian frames, Campy Neuvo Record components with center-pull brakes. The seat cluster is chromed and rather distinctive looking. The bike is blue with white decals. -Eric I'm thinking that it was an Atala. I'll have to go down in the basement and dig out my copy of the book. Chas. |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:34:16 GMT, E Goforth wrote:
Hello, I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. The copyright on the one I have is 1970. I remember this book as being in pretty much every public library I ever went into as a kid. There's an Italian racing bike on the back cover and spine of the jacket that kind of morphs into a Raleigh 3-speed on the front cover. Does anyone know what kind of bike is on the back cover? It has one of those Made in Italy decals on the seat tube you used to see on Italian frames, Campy Neuvo Record components with center-pull brakes. The seat cluster is chromed and rather distinctive looking. The bike is blue with white decals. Is that the book that a had pictures of a cute girl stretching in the middle of it? Ah, the memories. -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
you'll have to tell us which edition (there were 3x editions) of this
classic book you have. most of them have a Schwinn Paramount on the front or back cover, I cannot remember which one. Sloan's book caused me to fall in love with bicycles. - Don Gillies San Diego, CA |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
Donald Gillies wrote: you'll have to tell us which edition (there were 3x editions) of this classic book you have. most of them have a Schwinn Paramount on the front or back cover, I cannot remember which one. Sloan's book caused me to fall in love with bicycles. - Don Gillies San Diego, CA 10th printing, I'm pretty sure first edition, copyright 1970. Definately not a Paramount, not with the oval Italian tricolor sticker on the seat tube. Front cover definately a Raleigh 3-speed. You can see the Raleigh crest on the fork blade and a bit of it on the head tube. Atala sounds plausible. -Eric |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
E Goforth wrote: Hello, I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. Ah yes. The book that explained that 700c wheels were 700 centimeters in diameter, right? - Frank Krygowski |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:02:46 -0800, Eric wrote:
Atala sounds plausible. Except that the Atalas on Classic Rendezvous all have "ATALA" on the side of the seat tube, which on the book is essentially blank, except for a crest that you can't really see. The pictures there are pretty crummy, so you can't tell what the seat lug looks like, although it certainly could be the same as the bike on the book. -- David L. Johnson __o | Become MicroSoft-free forever. Ask me how. _`\(,_ | (_)/ (_) | |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
wrote in message oups.com... E Goforth wrote: Hello, I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. Ah yes. The book that explained that 700c wheels were 700 centimeters in diameter, right? - Frank Krygowski That's what I always believed.... ;-) It wasn't until the ERD dimensions came along that I realized the error in my thinking. Chas. |
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Bicycle on the back cover of "The Complete Book of Bicycling"
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:51:16 -0800, * * Chas wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... E Goforth wrote: Hello, I have a copy of the "The Complete Book of Bicycling" by Eugene A. Sloane that I picked up at a thrift store. Ah yes. The book that explained that 700c wheels were 700 centimeters in diameter, right? - Frank Krygowski That's what I always believed.... ;-) Even the "centimeters" part? -- David L. Johnson __o | "What am I on? I'm on my bike, six hours a day, busting my ass. _`\(,_ | What are you on?" --Lance Armstrong (_)/ (_) | |
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