Re: [CR]Framebuilding vs. the Occult

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PY-10)

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:45:01 -0800
From: "Brian Baylis" <rocklube@adnc.com>
To: Chris Beyer <beyerc@mailserver.volvo.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Framebuilding vs. the Occult
References: <e3.11ac9931.27e11736@aol.com> <3AAFD197.18C9@earthlink.net> <3AAFDAA2.8DE7C690@mail.volvo.com>


Chris,

Charles Andrews and I had a laugh on this one yesterday, since I was the original guilty party as my fingers were flailing away on a post I made containing that oversight. I suspect everyone knew what I meant and just let it slide. But most of us framebuilder-types can read palms and whatnot, how the heck do you think we make a living? ;-o

Since I do read minds, I know that Chuck was joining in on the fun.

Brian Baylis That'll be 20 bucks, please.


>
> Unless there are framebuilders who read palms or do astrological readings, I think
> the term is "mystique."
>
> That being said, I agree. (....surprised Prof. Hayes didn't beat me to this
> one...)
>
> Chris Beyer
> CR Pedant
> Bloomfield, NJ
>
> Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>
> > CYCLESTORE@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > About the Character,
> > >
> > (snip)
> > > A bicycle is certainly more than the sum of it's parts. A builder reputation
> > > is based as much on myth as fact sometimes.
> >
> > The word I would pick would be "mystic." Without mystic we have just
> > another nice bike. I would add that it is not necessary to be a "dead
> > builder" to have it, either.
> >
> > Chuck Schmidt
> > South Pasadena, California
> > (seller of mystic in the form of repro vintage catalogs)
> >
> > http://www.velo-retro.com (list of catalogs and T-shirts)