[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Michael_S
Interesting story. Where do thse people come up with this? ~Mike On Feb 9, 6:40 am, karpowicz wrote: > http://hartford.craigslist.org/bik/2139679895.html > > Saw this ad.  Hmmm.   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To pos

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Montclair BobbyB
Huh? Is this a prime example of "Riv-isionist" history in the making, or am I simply ill-informed Bobby "My old Schwinn was actually the first Trek" Birmingham On Feb 9, 9:40 am, karpowicz wrote: > http://hartford.craigslist.org/bik/2139679895.html > > Saw this ad.  Hmmm.   -- You re

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Montclair BobbyB
...must be president of the "Society of Outrageous Claims"... (by the way, the Vice President is Al "I invented the internet" Gore) On Feb 9, 10:25 am, Michael_S wrote: > Interesting story. Where do thse people come up with this? > > ~Mike > > On Feb 9, 6:40 am, karpowicz wrote: > > > > >htt

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Montclair BobbyB
Of course he didn't, but it's way too funny to abandon... sorry... On Feb 9, 10:47 am, Seth Vidal wrote: > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Montclair BobbyB > > wrote: > > ...must be president of the "Society of Outrageous Claims"... (by the > > way, the Vice President is Al "I invented the int

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread doug peterson
This was an early Grant design, shortly before he joined B'stone. The Caprice was a companion bike to go along with the Chevrolet Caprice of the same era, predating the Trek / VW alliance. GOTCHA! dougP On Feb 9, 8:03 am, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > Of course he didn't, but it's way too funny to

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread William
Autheticity of the above claim is guaranteed because it was claimed by Doug Peterson, twin BROTHER of Grant Peterson. What few people know, is that the Caprice family experienced a great deal of persecution in the mid-70's. Both Grant and Doug Caprice were frequently made fun of at school with th

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Frankwurst
My first car was a 1965 Chevy Caprice AKA The Cosmic Power Wagon (no it wasn't a wagon) you can figure out how I named it. Probably the only love affair I've ever had with a motor driven vehicle (with the exception of my 1988 Benz and that's just because it was my Dads). I'd buy this thing in a h

[RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Jeff, KC MO
I suspect it's actually a Giant. On Feb 9, 8:40 am, karpowicz wrote: > http://hartford.craigslist.org/bik/2139679895.html > > Saw this ad.  Hmmm.   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rb

Re: [RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-09 Thread Seth Vidal
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > ...must be president of the "Society of Outrageous Claims"... (by the > way, the Vice President is Al "I invented the internet" Gore) sorry, can't let it go. http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Re: [RBW] Re: Vintage Grant Bicycle Great Condition

2011-02-10 Thread John Blish
I think it is a Grants. See photos of a Grants that I took in Minneapolis about 5 years ago. https://picasaweb.google.com/jblish/TransferFromSmugmugPbase#5572097070319131474 https://picasaweb.google.com/jblish/TransferFromSmugmugPbase#5572097066635658578 https://picasaweb.google.com/jblish/Tran