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Old 05-24-11, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by krems81
Then i was in a great bike shop, a vintage friendly place that carries pashley and some velo orange stuff, Giles Berthoud, etc. along with plenty of new Bianchi. They had a completely original vintage army bike on the rack, complete with a leather gun holster strapped to the seat tube, under the seat stays. It had a rod brake in front, with a pad that comes down on the tire, original racks etc.
Now that I wish I'd seen. My imagination is running wild.

I live behind the Detroit Institute of Art and there's an employee that rides a Raleigh Sprite to work. It's in rough shape, but the kind of rough that tells a story. The brooks has sure seen better days. I always mean to take a photo but I never do.
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