The Barber p[ole design is common on Baines Flying Gate cycles. Don' tknow the origin of its design, though. Anybody.....?
ken denny Boston, MA
>From: Monkeyman <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
>To: MasiGC3V@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Re: Mercians and British paint
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:09:18 -0700
>
> >I'm with you on the 'barber pole" seat tube paint scheme that Mercian
>uses.
> >It is very distinctive and quite appealing, especially when used with the
> >orange bike w/ white stripes. My impression is that its almost a
>signature
> >element on Mercians alone. Has anyone seen this effect used extensively
> >anywhere else?
>
>I've actually seen it on two other English bikes. One was a 50's/60's
>Raleigh pathracer style bike and the other was a custom I don't remember
>the name of at this time. Between Barber Pole and Jack Taylor box-lining
>the Brits have the most stylish paint jobs. It's really too bad the paint
>itself sucks so bad, though no worse than the Italians.
>
>enjoy,
>Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
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