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 ===== Crotch Rocket Bicyles =====
-Crotch Rocket Bicyles was started in Santa Barbara, CA in 1983 by Terry Marchiando, who hand made aluminum bicycles locally before offshoring to Taiwan.  In 1985, Terry moved the company's address up the road to Goleta and then by 1988 closed the business ((The last ad for Crotch Rocket is from the Nov/Dec 1987 issue of [[http://cbklunkers.com/pdf/novdec_1987.pdf|Mountain Bike]] magazine.))
+Crotch Rocket Bicyles was started in Santa Barbara, CA in 1983 by Terry Marchiando, who hand made aluminum bicycles locally before offshoring to Taiwan.  In 1985, Terry moved the company's address up the road to Goleta and continued there until 1988 ((The last ad for Crotch Rocket is from the Nov/Dec 1987 issue of [[http://cbklunkers.com/pdf/novdec_1987.pdf|Mountain Bike]] magazine.)).
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 Pic from the Nov/Dec 1987 issue of [[http://cbklunkers.com/pdf/novdec_1987.pdf|Mountain Bike]] magazine.
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+No clues from the pic on components - other than they seem black.  By 1987, no one produced a black rear derailleur cage with a black body.  Reflection?  Photo touchup?  Now, all derailleurs seem to be all-black.
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