[CR]Ephgrave

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

From: "Michael Allison" <banjodoc@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:31:28 -0500
To: Jerome Elizabeth Moos & <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Ephgrave

Hi All,

I have to wonder about those braze-on fittings. I saw my first Ephgrave in 1961 with the original owner. The frame was a marvel of style and elegance. It had braze-ons for the levers and cables. Another unique thing about the frame was that it had short-reach brakes front and rear. Lester was a man before his time. For that matter, so was the owner, Paul Draper, a modern interpretive dancer driven out of the US for a while by Joe McCarthy's HUAC committee.

Michael Allison
New York, NY