> Ahhh... a new list! Who do we nominate for still-living demigods?
Wrote the Exalted In His Own Right Chuck:
> Brian Baylis and Richie Sachs are obvious choices. Any others with
> "god-like" qualities?
M. Ernst Csuka still finishes the Alex Singer bikes, though he no longer makes the frames (and never did, that being his brother's job and he is no more) and, say what one will about oldSinger/modernSinger, the "French touring bike" (rather than the modern versions, like Gordon, even Rivendell, etc) is a work of art with the lights and racks both custom, and the perfect fender lines, etc. To this list I would surely add Mike Barry whose Mariposa is as lovely, efficient and classic an example as any and, to my eye, more than the equal to Singer. Mike makes "carriers"/racks that are so handsome you just want to not carry things on them so you can look at them. I suppose we meant classic builders of vintage lightweight-like lugged steel bikes mostly, but these are two living examples of Great Ones in the tradition of Herse and Singer (say, in contrast to Confente). Add to that what a swell guy is Mike Barry and that he is a List Member, I think, but one who rarely gets to all the mail (also something upon which I speculate but all I mean is that you can do no better for bikes or people, like palRS).
perfect weekend here and happy to be working on my spotted
glove tan (crocheted cotton/leather palms)
which, as we all know, is a badge of honor in our
little world,
Douglas Brooks
Canandaigua, NY