re chris kvale frames, gotta say that his frames are really friggin' sweet. i've never seen a mclean in person, but even though i'm in new haven, ct, i have seen 2 chris kvale's up close, and they are truly special, truly clean machines--paper thin filed lugs, straightforward designs and understated paint, even the pink one.
supposedly kvale has only made a couple of hundred frames in all these years, and may only build 4 or 5 a year at this point if what i read on the internets is true, and most of those frames are in the upper midwest, again according to the interweb tube device.
i really dug the ones i saw; i'm glad they went to the trouble of making it to where i am.
norman neville
new haven, ct
usa
> From: neil m berg <neilmberg@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] McLean build photos
> To: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 12:23 PM
> Chuck can make up anything you want.
> I provided the graphics, so he has
> them. I had another McLean shirt made with a much
> bigger logo. The small
> logo seems to be more in the McLean sensibility. Next time,
> bigger again?
> I'm not a fancy guy, I ride mostly in a t-shirt and baggy
> khakis. My body is
> no longer presentable in tight clothes.
>
> The paint has to be touched to be appreciated. Kvale does
> nice work.
> Frankly, his frames are every bit as sweet as a McLean is
> too. Which, of
> course, is subjective.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Jerome & Elizabeth
> Moos <
> jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Great pics and great bike. McLean was certainly
> the master of understated
> > elegance. My own McLean is one of the greatest
> prizes of my collection.
> > Does Chuck still have McLean t-shirts
> available?
> >
> > It surprises me that McLeans don't command the same
> sort of prices as
> > Confentes. I don't think even Mario surpassed
> McLean's artistry. And both
> > died young, which not only limited production, but
> added to the legends. I
> > suppose the difference is that Mario was associated
> with Faliero Masi, was
> > rumored to have built frames for Eddy Merckx, and was
> associated with the CA
> > Masi operation which employed an amazing number of
> guys who would later
> > become some of the best framebuilders in America, or
> in the world, for that
> > matter. While McLean was almost a recluse,
> without the famous friends that
> > Mario enjoyed.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
> >
> >
> > --- On Sun, 2/7/10, neil m berg <neilmberg@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: neil m berg <neilmberg@gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [CR] McLean build photos
> > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > > Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 8:12 AM
> > > For McLean followers:
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> > > Albert Lea, Mn 56007
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