Re: [CR]Herse - Dr. Clifford Graves

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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 08:56:44 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR]Herse - Dr. Clifford Graves
From: "Bill Bryant" <bill_bryant@prodigy.net>
To: <siverson@garlic.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <200207271517.g6RFHt892436@winery.garlic.com>


Dr. Graves was a well known exponent of bicycle touring during the 1960s & 70s. If you can find his autobiography, "My Life on Two Wheels", it is worth the effort; an interesting guy who loved cycling.

Bill Bryant Santa Cruz, CA

on 7/27/02 8:17 AM, siverson@garlic.com at siverson@garlic.com wrote:
> I was looking through my copy of: THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CYCLING, by
> Eugene Sloan (ninth edition - 1970). In it are several photos of what
> I now know to be an Herse touring bicycle with photo credit listed to
> Dr. Clifford Graves.
>
> Anybody know anything about this guy? I'm guessing he was an advocate
> for cycle touring on the cusp of the "bike-boom-70's". I think I have
> seen his name mentioned on this list before, regarding Herse.
>
> Erik Siverson
> Gilroy, Cal.