In a message dated 11/10/2004 9:27:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
<< Was the Teledyne Titan TIG welded? What about the original Klein road bikes? The Teledyne is certainly On Topic, and I'm pretty sure the original Kleins are as well. >>
Thanks (Not!) Jerry old buddy for reminding me of the "problem" areas in this forum (and on the web site.)
Certainly the original Ti bikes and early welded aluminum bikes fit the time zone but yet not the aesthetic guidelines. What to do? My initial reaction is to include the extinct stuff (for that very reason) and avoid the stuff that shoved the bikes I like the out the door! Certainly I have a distinct tendency to always exclude welded bikes, bonded bikes and non ferrous bikes of all sorts. To be most appropriate to the CR site or list, bikes should hopefully exhibit those unique factors I talked about in my last post, i.e., a character that reflects the hand of a particular human maker, unique design statements that reflect an aesthetic approach or high level of craft, a statement of sorts that blends the function with art, stuff that came & went away in a blink-of-the-eye, etc., yada yada. Heck, most of you know exactly what I am talking about. That's why the Cirque du Cyclisme and the Velo Rendezvous are love fests!
Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC