juvela

this shop is still going and hosts swap meets regularly in its parking lot.

purchased a mystery italian at one of them some years back...

the (415) telephone area code for the shop changed to (510) in 1991 while location stayed the same.

fleslider 

Heres one on a Mid 70's Viscount Grand Touring.

The "Bike Station" in Lakewood CO.

they are still going at Full Service Bicycle :: Marin Bikes, Redline Authorized Dealer, Surly Bikes, Bicycle Repair, Bike Service, Maintenance, Upgrades, Parts and Accessories, Cycling Apparel, Phone 303-238-3402

juvela

is that just a spacer behind the fixed cup or does this one come with the lambert sealed bb? chainset appears to be sr silstar so i would expect a conventional three-piece bb assembly.

appears latest it could be is about 1973/74.

fleslider 

It was a spacer, The Bike was in ok shape except the seatpost was stuck and when the PO tried removing it it actually tore the seatpost tubing at the slit .

Thanks for the year approx. I received it for free and was gonna clean it up and donate it to the Local CO-OP as it was too small for me.

juvela

thanks very much for the response. the importer/distributor for these was located in san jose, california -

(1973 advert)

thereafter the agent became yamaha international corporation of buena park california.

crank_addict

Denver Spoke~
(Some nice memories and read of the late Dong Ngo.)
Customers loved cycle-shop sage - The Denver Post

DiabloScott

Spent a lot of time at that place!

Velocivixen

That's cool. Would it have been back in the 70's you were there? I believe they're still in Business.

DiabloScott

Mid 80s. The owner's name was Gordon and his wife was a judge for Sonoma County. Gordon built my first set of tubular wheels - Super Record hubs with the oil hole cover and GP4 rims. The main mechanic's name was Barry and he used to ride with me once in a while - showed me all the good roads. I think actually they merged with Dave's Bike Sport to become NorCal Bike Sport... so they still exist in name but just as kind of a legacy.

gugie 

Dave Walters was a customer of mine when I was a sales rep in the 80's. Real great guy, on my route I'd stop by early, ride with him and whatever group was going that day, then shower at his shop. I've been trying to track him down, I knew he sold he shop. His daughter Trish rode on the 7-11 team for awhile, I believe.

Velocivixen

@DiabloScott - thanks for the history. I looked them up on line when I first bought the bike and there was a photo of the current owner, who looked youngish to me, so figured it had been sold by the original folks.

I love the sticker and the history. Makes me know that my bike had a life prior to moving in with me and that it was ridden and loved.

DiabloScott

I didn't know Trish, but Amanda Walters was a local hotshot. The Empire Wheelmen was the local race team. Dave was a masters racer and he pretty much won at will... including all the prime sprints. He first called his shop Dave's Tri Sport (bought my first pair of bibs there - HIND... I STILL have them and wear them under my tights sometimes... incredible), then he renamed it to Dave's Bike Sport. He had some great stuff in there... I was a poor student and all I could afford were bibs.

They had two shops - one across from the community college, and another one in a shopping area downtown. There were at least five bike shops in Santa Rosa at the time.

Here's an article about the shop:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,5823082&hl=en

Sorry to derail the thread - I'll take a photo of my California Pedaler sticker tonight.

DiabloScott

Newsflash - Google is dumping Picasa... I need to learn a new photo management system again. Still haven't figured out how it's going to affect the photos on my blog.

Anyway - these folks are still in business and still use the same logo as this one on my 1990 bike... but I don't know if they're still putting stickers on bikes. Also, I didn't realize it was this dirty until I saw it blown up the size of my monitor.

SkyDog75

1972 Peugeot from Wayne's Bike Shop in Syracuse, NY:

The shop location is now B&D Television.

1986 Trek from Corning Bike Works in Corning, NY:

The shop is still in business.

Lazyass

FOXCO Dracut, MA



John Adams Cyclery Erie, PA



Sunstorm Cyclery Atascadero, CA



Lagrange Schwinn Chicago, IL

Hoss Cartright

Hummer

No longer in business.

Oldairhead 

From the late 50's

juvela

It's on his Girardengo.

Machine Age

On 1977 Trek 710:

Machine Age

Here's what it looks like today...sigh:

Machine Age

Nice to see this one's still a bike shop...

juvela

Machine Age,

Do you know if this Bud's has any connection to the Bud's Tandem Shop?

Did you perhaps attend one of the Claremont colleges?

TFAI

Machine Age

No doubt it does...Bill McCready bought the shop from the eponymous Bud and sold a lot of tandems there, then went on to start Santana Cycles.

I bought my frame (the one w/the Bud's sticker) from a private seller in the area a few years ago.

Claremont colleges were the top pick of my high school counselor, whose advice I totally ignored by going to UCLA.

juvela

Thanks very much for the response.

Machine Age wrote -

"Claremont colleges were the top pick of my high school counselor, whose advice I totally ignored by going to UCLA."

Me too, was a Bruin back when dinosaurs roamed the earth.