Evening star. [volume], May 26, 1946, Page 13, Image 36

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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frantic requests for parts from cyclists in a
half-dozen European countries.
Road cycling abroad is immensely more
popular than it is here, and more often than
not when a foreigner comes to settle in
America his first phone call is to Bob Berg
hino. Fortunately Bob is quite a linguist;
he does business in Italian, French, Spanish.
Russian, and even Chinese.
Because of its incredibly light weight, a
Berghino bike looks naked when it’s ready
for the road, but it's solidly built and will
take as much abuse as a “truck.”
Berghino likes to tinker with innovations.
He built a bike only six inches high for
Baron Nowak, the midget who was billed
as the world’s smallest man. For vaude
vilhans he also turns out one-wheel veloci
pedes, probably knows more about their
mechanics than any man in the country.
A prodigious worker, Berghino has no
assistant, spends a minimum of 11 hours a
day in his shop. He probably could cut it
down to nine if it weren’t for the wide-eyed
small fry who drape themselves all over the
place. And, just when he needs a certain
tool, some 10-year-old has it outside repair
ing his roller skates. The short cut is for
Berghino to fix the skates on the spot.
Can't Say "No"
Where wheels are involved Bob can’t say
“no.” Even as he was delivering himself of
this lamentation a young mother came in
with her baby buggy. “Something’s wrong
with it,” she said. "It’s sluggish.”
Berghino was up to his ears in work but
he took a look and grunted: “Leave it here.
This thing is too heavy. What it needs is
more maneuverability, more speed. .. ”
With Bob Berghino that’s the prescrip
tion for anything on wheels. The End
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