Originally Posted by
Feldman
I never worked for Charlie but learned tons watching him on my days off. May he ride with nothing but tailwinds in the next life! I now live in the home town of another Harding--the gangsta skater--and have always thought that a Harding bike would be a conversation piece here.
a curmudgeon definitely.
A Legnano dealer. I studied that Turquoise (gran premio?) one in the shop window often, had some interesting Hetchins, a yellow Hellenic and a translucent red one with very ornate chrome lugwork.
he really did not like kids. Too bad, as when I had saved enough to buy a road bike, I did not shop there.
and who could forget the 90 speed bicycle way up on a third tier rack. I tried to figure out the multiplication once, a five speed internal hub, 5 speed freewheel, at least a triple up front. He would not answer questions.