HI CR people--
My name is Chris Kvale, and having been to the Cirque three times, listening to all the great talk about the CR list, and finally, gotten a computer, I'm finally here, in the ether.
I've been riding seriously since l964, raced a bit, toured some more, and went through a succession of bikes before I finally started building my own in l976. I generally like to keep a low profile (my wife and I were at a choral concert recently and when the introducer talked about the long tradition of choral music in Minnesota and asked for show of hands of the Scandinavians in the audience, I whispered to my wife, "A real Norwegian wouldn't have responded...."), but I may contribute ocassionally to questions about frames or when I have something in my archives which would be valuable. If you're interested in my work, there's more about me at my new website, a complete surprise from of on my friends.
Chris Kvale
Minneapolis, MN USA
http://www.chriskvalecycles.com