[CR] nouveau-Berthet/Cherubim

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:28:44 -0800
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] nouveau-Berthet/Cherubim



> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [CR] nouveau-Berthet/Cherubim
> To: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 5:20 PM
> Thanks, Chuck, so the current builder Shin-ichi Konno is the
> son of Hitoshi, founder of Cherubim, and nephew of Yoshi of
> 3Rensho. I have to confess I never heard of Cherubim In The
> Day, and only became aware of that marque in the last few
> years, perhaps after Shin-ichi took over.
>
> And this is the first I've heard of a third Konno
> brother, can't quite tell from this if Miyuki is the
> name of the third brother, or his frames, or both.
>
> Even though I couldn't attend the show, I'm glad to
> see Cherubim was there. Most of us don't have nearly as
> much knowledge about the outstanding Japanese framebuliders
> as we do about the Italians, French, British or Americans.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Commuting today on a bike by the late Texas framebuilder,
> Ray Gasorowski in
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 3/5/09, Chuck Schmidt
> <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [CR] nouveau-Berthet/Cherubim
> > To: jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
> > Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 3:55 PM
> > On Mar 5, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth
> Moos
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone refresh my memory about Cherubim?