Sheldon Browns Fahrrad mit 63 Gängen: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

In the 1940s and '50s, high-quality bicycles were very rare in the U.S. One of the few keeping the flame alive was a Boston dealer named Charlie Hamburger, who had a shop near South Station. I have never met him, nor spoken with him, but he is reputed to have been a perfectionist, who accepted "Only The Best". In addition to being possibly the first to import Campagnolo components into the U.S., he brought in frames made to his specifications, mainly from France. I have heard that René Herse was one of his major sources, while other models came from Peugeot. He sold these frames under the trademark "O.T.B" (Only The Best.)

==Sheldons O.T.B.==

My introduction to the marque came in the early-1970's, when I was working at the Bicycle Revival in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A customer came in with an O.T.B. that he wanted to sell, and I bought it. He had helped Charlie Hamburger clean out and close down his shop, in 1957, and had been given a bike of his choice as payment. He had selected the frame, and equipped it with parts of his choice, setting it up for touring.

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