Would greatly like to see a scan of that catalog! Paul Genaro over trexlertown pa
> As one of the lists Herse fans, I thought I'd
> mention that Herse in perhaps
> his first catalog (late 40's?) shows a ladies
> bicycle with a pretty fancy
> motor built onto it. As I understand it, motorizing
> even a top-tier French
> touring type bike was in vogue at a certain time in
> the late 40's or
> perhaps 50's. If I recall a conversation I had with
> a French bicycle
> expert, the famous builder Daudon (I could be
> mistaken on the name of the
> builder here) basically phased out most regular
> bicycle building and took
> up exotic work on these strange bicycle/motorized
> contraptions.
>
> As for me, the thought of imposing the smells of a 2
> stroke engine and the
> noise on an otherwise tranquil spring morning makes
> no sense. Then again,
> for many folks the idea that someone would enjoy a
> brisk morning climb up a
> 2,000 foot mountain is equally silly. Mike
> "starring at the mountains in
> Boulder" Kone
>
>
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