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If I were to list the important people in my current life, the three gentlemen in the photograph wouldn’t be far from the top.  The reason?  They keep Laura and me on our bikes.  That is huge.

That’s Jerry Armstrong on the left.  He owns Capp’s Bike Shop on South Topeka Blvd.  His son, Chris, in the middle, manages the shop and Jeremy Hutsell is the chief mechanic.  Thanks to these three and Capp’s great staff, Laura and I ride thousands of miles a year on what I have always believed to be one greatest inventions ever, a bicycle.

A bicycle has always been a freedom machine for me.  I can’t remember how old I was when I first rode a bike.  I know it wasn’t mine.  No training wheels.  I just got on and went.  Buzzing straight from the nearby schoolyard baseball game, I rolled right up to my father and mother as they sat relaxing in the back yard.   The next day my father brought home my very first bike.  My life has always been better since.

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Bicycle Shop Owner An Avid Cycler, Supporter

Written by | Thursday, 01 January 1970

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Favorite bike: Schwinn Paramount. Bent spent the early 1970s competing across the Northeast for Somerset Schwinn, hoping for a spot on the national team. Career: Owner, Bent's Cycling and Fitness, 1058 South Florida Avenue. Hobbies: Other than cycling, any water sport including white water kayaking and sailing. Bent spent the decades that followed building upon a legacy started by his father and making a big impact on the cycling community. Hobbies: Reading Time Magazine, National Geographic, Smithsonian, bicycle magazines. Car: Honda Element with a bike rack on the back: "It's practical. At 57, the fourth-generation cycling business owner still competes, sponsors races and supports local riders. The disappointment took the air out of his tires. School: Graduated in 1972 from Lakeland High School. "I kind of lost the drive to try and compete at that level. Facts STEVEN GENE BENT Birth: Sept. But at the Olympic trials in Saranac Lake, N. Y. , Bent was slowed by tendinitis and came up short.

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Walker Brothers Riding High On Local Motocross Scene

Walker brothers riding high on local motocross scene

Newnan Times-Herald | 01 Jan 1970

But for the brothers, no Schwinn could ever match the thrill of riding motorbikes than can reach speeds upward of 50 mph. After beginning to ride for fun on self-made tracks on the family's 17-acre property in northwest Coweta County,

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Business Spotlight: Lutherville Bikes

Patch.com | 01 Jan 1970

Metzger is the type of owner who will fill up the flat tires on your stroller as quickly as he repairs the tires on your bike (Patch observed). His dedication to community service and helping others has become an integral gear in how his shop is run.

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Police Blotter Nov. 28: Pedestrian Smashes Windshield Of...

Patch.com | 01 Jan 1970

An unlocked Huffy bicycle was stolen from someone's lawn at 4:30 pm on Friday on the 900 block of Greenwood Street. An unlocked Schwinn bicycle was reported stolen from a bike rack on the 2600 block of Orrington Avenue at 4 pm on Nov. 18.

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Crime Log: Drug Arrests And Found Bicycles

Patch.com | 01 Jan 1970

The suspect did not enter the apartment and fled immediately. A blue Schwinn bicycle was found at Clark School, 9100 Big Bend. The bike was brought to the Webster Groves police station for safekeeping. A blue and white Mongoose bike was found in a yard

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Area Crime Reports

Webster Kirkwood Times | 01 Jan 1970

13, someone kicked in the rear door of an apartment in the first block of Waymire Avenue, then fled immediately. A blue Schwinn bicycle was found Nov. 13 at Clark Elementary School, 9130 Big Bend Blvd. A blue and white Mongoose bike was found Nov.

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Catalog of copyright entries

Catalog of copyright entries

SCHWINN BICYCLE CO. Axle sets, cones (for all commonly used front and rear hubs^ ASCC- ... Schwinn aado Schwinn Bicycle Co.; HJan66; A80303. Tires, tubes ...

Creator: Library of Congress. Copyright Office | Copyright1972

Schwinn

Schwinn

We're going to put a slick tire on a girl's bike and call it the Slik Chik. ... final year of that span, more than one million Schwinn bikes were purchased. ...

Creator: Lou Dzierzak | Sports & Recreation2002-05-11

Publisher: MVP Books


Hardware age

Hardware age

... York NY Schwinn Bicycle Co Chicago IU Stelber Industries Inc Elmhurst NY ... ArUngton Tex BICYCLE TIRES, Pneumatic Carlisle Tire & Rubber Div CarUsle ...

Antiques & Collectibles1970-07

Boys' Life

Boys' Life

26"x13/a" gumwall tires. Drop handlebars. $121.95* SCHWINN STING-RAY® The original, ... The 1975 Schwinn Bike Catalog. 64 fact-filled pages of bikes, ...

1975-04

Classic Schwinn Bicycles

Classic Schwinn Bicycles

In Classic Schwinn Bicycles, Schwinn expert William Love has compiled a wealth of information for anyone who wants to discover (or rediscover) the magic of ...

Creator: William Love | Antiques & Collectibles2003-05-05

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl


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