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After the boom: Ray Keener talks bicycles in the 1970s and business today

Posted on April 17, 2012 by 16incheswestofpeoria

In 1981, Vitesse Cycle Shop of Normal, Illinois, opened a satellite store in Peoria Heights, Illinois. I was fresh from an abortive attempt at a journalism career, and I had always enjoyed bicycles, so I signed on as a mechanic … Continue reading →

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