What bike shop? During my LI years of riding, I basically lived at Vicentin, and some cool bike shop on Sunshine Highway maybe, that I saw the most beautiful bike in Pink...a Lotus Supreme maybe. Never did get to buy it...I DID buy my Bianchi Randonneur there in 1981, 1982.
To this day, I don’t remember where I bought my Peugeot in 1978? I just remember it being near Huntington...I was 12 and it was the first real bike I owned.
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Bianchi84
I worked for a Schwinn Shop from 1984 to 2000 on Long Island, NY. I got my Schwinn Training at their New Jersey warehouse (was it in Cranbury?) It was great to be part of the industry then - the BMX boom was happening and it was the relatively early days of Mountain Bikes. I still have and Ride the Bianchi Road and Cannondale mountain bikes I built. I got to go to Trade Shows in Atlantic City ans Philadelphia, and to additional training events from Trek, Cannondale, Kestrel and Oakley. We did Mechanical Support to an annual Benefits Ride. The own was great - it was a family business - and he was very accommodating with hours when I returned to school. It was a great part of my life... oh, and I got Employee Discounts!
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1987 Crest Cannondale, 1987 Basso Gap, 1992 Rossin Performance EL, 1990ish Van Tuyl, 1985 Trek 670, 1982 AD SLE, 2003 Pinarello Surprise, 1990ish MBK Atlantique, 1987 Peugeot Competition, 1987 Nishiki Tri-A, 1981 Faggin, 1996 Cannondale M500, 1984 Mercian, 1982 AD SuperLeicht, 1985 Massi (model unknown), 1988 Daccordi Griffe , 1989 Fauxsin MTB, 1981 Ciocc Mockba, 1992 Bianchi Giro, 1977 Colnago Super