HOw many are old enough to remember these?
04-11-10, 07:48 AM
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HOw many are old enough to remember these?
Not affiliated with this auction, I just got to thinking about where we used to get bike parts from before the internet, before the PC, when you didn't live near a huge bike shop. No Nashbar, no Performance Bike. THE bike parts seller used to be these guys and you used your telephone or a mail in order form. Send in a form and a check or money order and then wait 6 weeks for your stuff. https://cgi.ebay.com/HANDBOOK-CYCL-OL...item27aebf6019
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I probably still have a few of the old catalogs like that stored somewhere. Those things were great, most of the catalogs today are little more than advertisements for the current hot item. The old catalogs actually had everything they stocked in them and quite often had technical tips too.
However I do like being able to order things off the internet, much simpler in many ways.
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I probably still have a few of the old catalogs like that stored somewhere. Those things were great, most of the catalogs today are little more than advertisements for the current hot item. The old catalogs actually had everything they stocked in them and quite often had technical tips too.
However I do like being able to order things off the internet, much simpler in many ways.
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
04-11-10, 08:23 AM
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Yes I remember those days
I responded to an ad in Bike World magazine, Campy low flange hubs for $40 a pair. At the time bike shops were selling them for $75-80. Sent my check in and it was at least 6 weeks before they arrived.
Also I had a catalog from Big Wheel? in Colorado. This was a pre 1970 catalog. They had a full Campy Frejus for around $250. That catalog lingered in the basement for years, not sure what happened to it.
I was lucky, in Chicago we had Turin Bike Shop that would get in all kinds of cool stuff. But you had to be quick because they'd sell out of stuff and wouldnt get any more for the rest of the year. Also Al Stillers bike Shop was located right down the street from Oschners Importers. So if he didnt have something you were looking for he'd tell you to hang out for a while, and he'd run over to Oschners and get it.
I responded to an ad in Bike World magazine, Campy low flange hubs for $40 a pair. At the time bike shops were selling them for $75-80. Sent my check in and it was at least 6 weeks before they arrived.
Also I had a catalog from Big Wheel? in Colorado. This was a pre 1970 catalog. They had a full Campy Frejus for around $250. That catalog lingered in the basement for years, not sure what happened to it.
I was lucky, in Chicago we had Turin Bike Shop that would get in all kinds of cool stuff. But you had to be quick because they'd sell out of stuff and wouldnt get any more for the rest of the year. Also Al Stillers bike Shop was located right down the street from Oschners Importers. So if he didnt have something you were looking for he'd tell you to hang out for a while, and he'd run over to Oschners and get it.
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04-11-10, 11:53 AM
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Yep, I remember that well. Also The Yellow Jersey, and Palo Alto. And I actually bought stuff from all of them. The good ol' days for sure.
04-11-10, 05:58 PM
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Is the sticker a bike racer kind of on an angle, red background? I know there is Turin in Denver. How the ownership works I dont know. I think Yellow Jersey in Madison and Rainbow Jersey in Milwaukee were part of the Turin group as well. But thats going back to the 70's.
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Is the sticker a bike racer kind of on an angle, red background? I know there is Turin in Denver. How the ownership works I dont know. I think Yellow Jersey in Madison and Rainbow Jersey in Milwaukee were part of the Turin group as well. But thats going back to the 70's.
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Both Rainbow Jersey and Yellow Jersey are still around.
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No, not me. That's from around when I upgraded to a Schwinn Speedster.
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I'm old enough but I don't recall seeing the publication. cute play on words in the title!
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Not old enough to remember them for bikes, but model railroading hadn't lost these things into the '90s.
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No, no trick involved. I'm trying to recall the name of the shop from which I bought a frame. I bet, if I had a copy of a 1974 BICYCLING! magazine, I could find them in the ads. Does anyone have any old BICYCLING! magazines available? It would be a cool research project for me to look through them.
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What was the name of the mail order house in Chicago that had the 100+ page catalog? It had a mustard yellow cover and most/all of the images were hand drawn line art (not photographs).
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No, no trick involved. I'm trying to recall the name of the shop from which I bought a frame. I bet, if I had a copy of a 1974 BICYCLING! magazine, I could find them in the ads. Does anyone have any old BICYCLING! magazines available? It would be a cool research project for me to look through them.
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No, no trick involved. I'm trying to recall the name of the shop from which I bought a frame. I bet, if I had a copy of a 1974 BICYCLING! magazine, I could find them in the ads. Does anyone have any old BICYCLING! magazines available? It would be a cool research project for me to look through them.
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"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
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I distinctly remember those days. People would come into the shop and whine because some part we tried to sell them was cheaper at Nashbar. My mother used to get the employee discount at the shop I worked at until she pulled that nonsense
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Is the sticker a bike racer kind of on an angle, red background? I know there is Turin in Denver. How the ownership works I dont know. I think Yellow Jersey in Madison and Rainbow Jersey in Milwaukee were part of the Turin group as well. But thats going back to the 70's.
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problem here is that "old enough: and "remember" are mutually exclusive 
FWIW, what I remember is that the Bike Warehouse (later Bike Nashbar) ads were all line drawings, no photos...and they definitely advertised in Bicycling! magazine.
If somebody else copied their style, or if they were copying others, I guess I'm not old enough (or sharp enough) to remember.
Here's a trivia question: what was the "sister" mail order company that Nashbar cross-promoted with their bicycle business? Hint: it was another sport, but pretty far removed from cycling.
Give up?
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FWIW, what I remember is that the Bike Warehouse (later Bike Nashbar) ads were all line drawings, no photos...and they definitely advertised in Bicycling! magazine.
If somebody else copied their style, or if they were copying others, I guess I'm not old enough (or sharp enough) to remember.
Here's a trivia question: what was the "sister" mail order company that Nashbar cross-promoted with their bicycle business? Hint: it was another sport, but pretty far removed from cycling.
Give up?
(answer in a couple beats)