Re: [CR]Was: Rene Herse Tandem. Now: How tall was Dr Graves?

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From: "cmontgomery" <cmontgomery15@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Rene Herse Tandem. Now: How tall was Dr Graves?
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 21:07:59 -0700


> In the description it says "This bike was originally owned by Dr. Clifford Graves from La Jolla!
> I thought Dr. Graves was of medium/short stature? This bike looks huge... Doesn't loo like he was the ride, although he may have owned it....
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA

I pulled out my copy of "My Life on Two Wheels" (one of a thousand) but there's not enough of his chrome Paramount to tell. Then I remembered that Roger St. Pierre's "The Book of the Bicycle" had a photo of Graves and Dr. Dudley White. Graves looks pretty tall, maybe 6 foot at least. And then John Krausz's "The Bicycling Book" has an article on touring bikes by Graves. In it appears a French tourer that may be Grave's. A 650B with tall headtube (neat looking bike with French style panniers mounted low) about the size of that tandem. So I vote for medium/tall.

Craig "medium fat" Montgomery
Tucson