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Following this with interest, though after numerous life changing surgeries including an aortic valve replacement and 73 years on the clock I no longer ride. In 74 my wife and I quit our jobs, packed up our bikes, her Cinelli Super Corsa and my Raleigh Pro and pedaled from Chicago to Monterey Bay via Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas and LA. My bike weighed in @ 94lbs and hers @ 68lbs. We were told by the experts at the bike shops the short stiff angles of our frames would not survive the extra weight and we should fly to California and ride back as the prevailing winds are west to east. Said I don’t want to pedal all that way and end up in Chicago.
I recall an incident with Oscar Wastyn when I was pursuing the last ounce/gram of weight saving, looking for a pair of super legarra pedals. He had a pair and refused to sell them to me telling there’s nothing wrong with my Record pedals. Then proceeded to tell me that the rider is 90% of the event, even if you change the bike by 50% you haven’t changed much. As he put it about like taking a good dump before you ride.
Rich
His grandfather started the Paramount line
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