Wasn't Dr. Graves the personal physician of President Eisenhauer which
gave him a pulpit for his advocacy? It follows if I'm old enough to remember
that I can't absolutely trust my memory.
T. Shaw
Santa Clara, California
> From: Bill Bryant <bill_bryant@prodigy.net>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 08:56:44 -0700
> To: <siverson@garlic.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Herse - Dr. Clifford Graves
>
> 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.