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 ===== Victor Vincente of America Overview ===== ===== Victor Vincente of America Overview =====
 Easily the most colorful character in all of mountain biking. Organized the first mt. bike race outside of Marin, the [[https://deanb.smugmug.com/Victor-Vincente-of-America/|Reseda]] to the Sea, which continues to this day. Easily the most colorful character in all of mountain biking. Organized the first mt. bike race outside of Marin, the [[https://deanb.smugmug.com/Victor-Vincente-of-America/|Reseda]] to the Sea, which continues to this day.
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 {{vva.jpg?300|Victor Vincente of America}} {{vva.jpg?300|Victor Vincente of America}}
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-The Head Priest of Mountain Bikes with a Topanga! [[https://www.facebook.com/VictorVincenteOfAmerica/|facebook]]+The High Priest of Mountain Bikes with a Topanga! [[https://www.facebook.com/VictorVincenteOfAmerica/|facebook]]
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 ===== 1979 Topanga! ===== ===== 1979 Topanga! =====
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 +===== 1980 Topanga! Mudduster ===== 
 +$370.  SunTour Cyclone M2 GT (1981?-85).  The 1980 ad shows the same Mudduster and no 1980 SunTour catalogs seem to exist, so perhaps this is period correct or a later derailleur? 
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 +{{1980b.jpg?200|1980 Topanga! Mudduster}} 
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 + Topanga! Mudduster ad [[https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=728582&p=103|bmxmuseum]] 
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 +{{1980.jpg?300|1980 Topanga! Mudduster}} 
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 +1980 Topanga! Mudduster [[https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=728582&p=103|bmxmuseum]] 
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 +===== 1981 VVA-26 ===== 
 +VVA started to make small batches in 1981.  Frame #007. 
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 +Suntour Blue Line front and rear derailleur (1980-1).  Very small fork tubing.  
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 +{{1981.jpg?300|1981 VVA-26}} 
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 +1981 VVA-26 [[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224751835681583&set=pcb. 
 +1911504169036364|facebook]], Ken Beach 
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 ===== 1982 VVA-26 ===== ===== 1982 VVA-26 =====
-VVA started to make small batches in 1982.+
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 ===== And yet there's more.. ===== ===== And yet there's more.. =====
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-$50 coin+1975 Tachy Taxi
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-$50 coin+Selected Verses
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-$50 coin+Autobiography
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-$50 coin+Jewelry
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-$50 coin+Beer
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-$50 coin+Clothes
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-$50 coin+Painting
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