Finally, some funnies at our Bean Town stop.
We ran into an older fellow at Beantown who regaled us with a story of his younger racer self running over a crashed cyclist during a race only to find not only his wheels flat spotted, but fork and frame bent. He said he got the tubes replaced, fork repaired and all repainted by some guy named, uh, Baylis, Brian Baylis, heard of him??? 🤔🤔
Then he said to all of us that a long time ago he used to go to a vintage ride that started at the Rose Bowl, and he sure would want to meet up again with the guy who ran it (Chuck was standing next to him!!).
We said “Hey, we’ve heard of Baylis (many knew him personally and a few have his bikes or those he painted), we are that ride, and the guy you’re looking for is Chuck Schmidt, right over there!”
He said “you don’t look like the Chuck I remember”. Chuck said “yeah, we all got old!” Big laugh from that encounter. We’ve invited him to the next rides and this group.
Last edited by mech986; 01-03-23 at 04:39 AM.