[CR]Francisco Cuevas

Looks as if I'm on a roll....two posts in one day.

I have mentioned here in the past that I have a blog with a post describing my experience in the mid 70's working in a shop with Francisco Cuevas. If you haven't already seen it, you can see it here:

http://cinelli.typepad.com/welcome_to_dullsville/2005/03/a_tribute_to_fr.html

As a result of this post, I have received numerous comments from owners of Francisco's frames as well as acquaintances of his. One of the most recent comments was from his son Andres. This was followed by a personal e-mail from Andres asking me to call him.

So I called and we spent about an hour talking about his dad, working at the shops in New York, and his family history in general. He told me a lot of details I never knew. He also spoke a bit about Fernando Cuevas (Francisco's grandson), Fernando's involvement in bike racing and his current struggle with cancer.

But the most interesting part of the conversation centered around the fact that Andres has prepared a website that will give the whole story in great detail as well as a collection of photographs. He said he will publish it within the next 4 weeks, and has promised to e-mail me the link as soon as he does. When that happens, I will put a link on my blog, and post the link here for those who are interested.

If you poke around in the blog, you will find some other cycling related stuff. My favorites are the photo essays I did on Chuck's Velo Rendezvous in 2004. Part 1 is here:

http://cinelli.typepad.com/welcome_to_dullsville/2005/04/velo_rendezvous.html

and Part 2 is here:

http://cinelli.typepad.com/welcome_to_dullsville/2005/04/velo_rendezvous_1.html

Greg Pitman
Yucaipa
California
USA