I am sorry to post this here as well as on the iBOB but our good friend Mike Barry, builder of the modern classic Mariposas, has recently had a computer virus that has prevented him from replying to nearly all queries for at least the past two weeks. Mike has gotten a number of notes from the CR folk who may have seen his extraordinarily interesting interview in Rivendell Reader #28. Mike is quite frustrated and sorry for this inconvenience and wants folks to know that he is not ignoring them: the messages appear, are unreadable, then vanish from the Inbox as if they weren't there. If anyone would like to speak with Mike, please give him a ring at Bicycle Specialties directly: 416/423-0456. I'm posting this just to be a pal.
Douglas Brooks Bristol, NY
ps that picture of son Micheal racing on a custom Mariposa as a boy was taken when he was age 6, not 9!! Amazing.