Re: [CR]Herse - Dr. Clifford Graves

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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:54:28 -0400
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From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Herse - Dr. Clifford Graves


Erik Siverson 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.

You're right, though I think his greatest period of activity was the '50s and '60s. He was a big macher (prez?) in the IBTS (International Bicycle Touring Society) and indeed one of the leading lights of the U.S. cycling scene before the '70s Bike Boom turned cycle touring into a mass activity.

I believe the touring scene he was involved with was largely based on trips to Europe with groups of well-to-do professional types who had gotten the touring bug during WW2. He used to write a lot for Bicycling![sic]

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