Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Strobl Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: 1972 Legnano in the news Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:06:51 +0100 Organization: @home Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net dwS46eiN+E8cwY4haD1JkgDqU25OW6kKvm2SkgY59a2/wpkzjj X-Orig-Path: mystrobl.de!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:DpCiCCl0GSaY0FBT1kxGHfwj8g4= sha256:UMVpVo7VX7skS46YtRH82fISn4uH18WGcVTdb0ERTN0= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Bytes: 2090 Am Fri, 8 Nov 2024 19:49:24 -0600 schrieb AMuzi : >Check the photos here: > >https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14061289/Emmy-award-winner-1970s-sitcom-unrecognizable-77-bikes-LA.html I'm impressed by the rider, not so much about the bike. I bought my Peugeot PR 60/L as a student in 1978, for a vacation in France. In the years that followed, it was used for that purpose, then for commuting and for transporting our children. Seventeen years later, almost all the components had been replaced by new and better ones, which were also worn out by then: wheels, bottom bracket, gears, stem, brakes ... I even had to repair the broken right-hand chainstay with a fiberglass bandage. Picture from 1995. After 95, the bike stood or hung on a wall in the cellar and was hardly ever used. Years later, I dismantled a few parts and gave the rest away. I only kept the original handlebars because of the beautiful engraving. IMO, a bike that got used and was worn out to the bitter end before becoming a vintage bike and display piece has had a good and usefull life, so to speak. -- Thank you for observing all safety precautions