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From: Wolfgang Strobl <news5@mystrobl.de>
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Subject: Re: 1972 Legnano in the news
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:06:51 +0100
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Am Fri, 8 Nov 2024 19:49:24 -0600 schrieb AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>:

>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.    

<https://www.mystrobl.de/ws/fahrrad/pr60l02big.jpg>

Seventeen years later, almost all the components had been replaced by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. 

<https://www.mystrobl.de/ws/fahrrad/95.jpg>

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.  


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