[CR]re: To be a classic or not

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 22:14:18 -0400
To: classic list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@mac.com>
Subject: [CR]re: To be a classic or not

This is a message I saved when it came out:
> From: OROBOYZ@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 15:45:22 EST
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Neo-Classic bike
>
> I remember we struggled with this terminology before but agreed (I think?)
> that certain new bikes kinda-sorta fit this description: Baylis, Sachs, Phil
> Brown, Bohemian, a batch of British builders, Berthoud, etc., etc.
> With that foot-in-the-door, here is a newly made bike that I wanted all of
> you to see... It pushes beyond a classic style in the paint department but I
> think there were wild Claud Butlers and Holdsworths in the 40s & 50s, No?
> Anyway, here's a new filet brazed Landshark we just did:
>
> http://www.landsharkbicycles.com/Gallery/M_Vickers.htm
>
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina

BTW: Bill Laine of Wallingford Bikes just posted some pictures of his visit to Gilles Berthoud http://www.wallbike.com/Berthoud/workstour/workstourindex.html Ken, I'd give him a call when you go to New Orleans, also Carlo Carr.

Roy "awaiting his classic Cinelli" Drinkwater Lititz 'not in time for this season", PA