Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: folding Tomos bicycle Re: on and off topic
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:55:45 -0500
References: <4256AA4F77E4A8C19AFCF937@scarborough.isc.org> <3E16CFDE-D93E-4497-85F7-641B150D3E69@mac.com> <5822C4C4-0DB7-4CC0-A103-B7AD9ECAEEB2@frozenlight.eu>

thanks Nathan
just to stay on topic
my Tomos
was photographed
with a Leica M8
and 50 mm lux asph
;~)

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Jul 14, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I know Tomos from my teenage years (1970s) as one of the many moped  
> brands available in Denmark at that time. I had no idea they ever  
> sold their stuff in the US, but:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/classified/automotive/highway1/la-hy- 
> throttle27jun27,1,4599415.story
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
>
>
> On Jul 14, 2009, at 7:38 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>
>> This Tomos folding bicycle
>> came to me
>> when I headed a group
>> which collected bicycles
>> and refurbished them
>> to distribute to kids
>> who couldn't afford to buy a bike.
>>
>> The Tomos remains one of many interesting "projects"
>> (waiting in my quonset hut, former studio, former darkroom or  
>> current office)
>> which may or may not ever earn "completed."
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/imagist/visualize/bicycles/>
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about this vintage folder?
>> The company?
>> The internet provides little information.
>> One reference suggested the company was in Holland.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Brian Reid wrote:
>>
>>> I'd love to see photographs of sports cars or bicycles
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] on and off topic)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMG: folding Tomos bicycle Re: on and off topic)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: folding Tomos bicycle Re: on and off topic)