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    Letter To Karl Barton, President Raleigh USA 1974

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:March 3, 2022
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    Dear Karl,                                          December 10, 1974 Just thought I’d let you get to know a little more about one of Raleigh’s “A” Team riders. Enclosed is a copy of my Sponsorship…

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    Notes from Wrong Branch Saloon Christmas Eve 1974

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:December 25, 2021
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    Notes from Christmas Eve 1974                 Bill Humphreys Written at Wrong Branch Saloon in Julian, California   Up at 6am in North Park, cold so I put on knee socks,…

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    April 1973 Central Park Over Slept.

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:March 24, 2021
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    Overslept! Cannot believe in 2 years of getting up early for races I finally did it. Still raining out, but it stopped for awhile and I got out for 2,…

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    Tour de L’ Avenir 1978

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:January 30, 2021
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    Tour de L’ Avenir 1978. First Time for USA   Sitting on the grassy hill overlooking the Velodrome at Kenosha Wisconsin while watching the Track national Championships Eddy B comes…

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    Me & the Donkey My current form on the Bike

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    • Post published:January 31, 2018
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      Me and the Donkey My current Form on the Bike   I’ve been riding up the Town Woods Rd hill at the beginning of my rides for 47 years…

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    Typical Day Behind the Wheel

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:January 28, 2018
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    Over the Road Driving A Typical Day   Up at 3:30am to see snow and sleet had been coming down for a few hours while I slept at a truck…

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    53 Years Later

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:October 30, 2017
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    53 Years later my son is at Bridgton Academy By Bill Humphreys   Do the math and my classmates could’ve had their grandchildren already pass through BA by this time.…

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    Precious Time is Slipping Away

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    • Post published:October 8, 2017
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      Precious Time is Slipping Away I lost two friends this week. Two friends from back in the day at my old prep school in Maine back in the 1960’s.…

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    The Boys of Summer

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    • Post published:September 20, 2017
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    The Boys of Summer Friday, September 16, 2005   My son Ian and I just this minute got out of the lake. We swim every night when I get home,…

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    Once I was 7 years old

    • Post author:billbikeguy@gmail.com
    • Post published:July 25, 2017
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    So the song goes that I hear on the truck radio as I make my deliveries around New England & New York each week. Tomorrow I will be 73 years…

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