Re: [CR] Silk Hope frame SOLD (+ comments)

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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:29:40 -0800
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com>
In-Reply-To: <8CB51CDB7EF7FE0-14D4-2334@WEBMAIL-DY08.sysops.aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Silk Hope frame SOLD (+ comments)


Great this is staying on the list. Early last year, I picked up a complete McLean on eBay - mine is badged McLean rather than Silk Hope. To me, both his bikes and his story are every bit as compelling as Confente's.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA


--- On Sat, 1/31/09, Dale Brown wrote:


> From: Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com>

\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Silk Hope frame SOLD (+ comments)

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

\r?\n> Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 9:14 AM

\r?\n> Congrats to the new owner, I am glad a CR member will be the

\r?\n> new guardian, and my thanks for the huge interest in this

\r?\n> beautiful frame set...(I could have sold a dozen based on

\r?\n> the response!)

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\r?\n> It is especially gratifying to see so many of you who

\r?\n> understand and appreciate McLean Fonvielle's work. Of

\r?\n> course there are quite a few brilliant builders, quite a few

\r?\n> reading this list (which is great, we should have an

\r?\n> appreciation day for you guys!) but it's nice when 30 +

\r?\n> years later, at least a small group of cognoscenti

\r?\n> acknowledge that someone did good craftwork.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> As some of you know, McLean was a wonderful personal friend

\r?\n> of mine. He was an unassuming guy who had an aesthetic

\r?\n> approach to his frames much like Jim Merz reflected in his

\r?\n> recent message. A direct, elegant and functional style that

\r?\n> did not embrace high elaboration but rather focused on clean

\r?\n> lines amd functionality. It is easy to be attracxted to

\r?\n> razzle dazzle, while it takes a special eye and a bit of

\r?\n> savvy to see the strength of this approach.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> So, let's celebrate our cycling craft persons, both

\r?\n> past & present!

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Thanks

\r?\n> Dale

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\r?\n> Dale Brown

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