--- On Thu, 2/3/11, brianbaylis@juno.com <brianbaylis@juno.com> wrote:
> Actually Dave stopped building LONG before he passed away.
> I don't know for sure when it was, but it was in the early
> 90's or so. I think Dave passed in 2004 or 2005 or somewhere
> in there. He hadn't built frames for about 10 years. During
> some of our last conversations, Dave was talking about
> building some frames again.
Had he talked with me, we coulda brainstormed on adding to his "Built For Speed" legacy. We coulda talked about his discovery of his close African-American relatives.
The most famous African-American who most closely resembles Dave Tesch, I've always felt, is a giant in music education, a guy I quite like:
http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/
Methinks our brainstorming -- I gave Tesch the idea to name his dog "Thor" -- woulda shirley taken the "redoubtable dave," the "manic master," to pick up and roll with his new-found African-American side:
http://www.youtube.com/
It woulda been great. Music in the shop: "Ice Cube could you pass me my steel, for real..." He'd have built a factory in Milwaukee. Then, the first Italian-African-American Mayor of Milwaukee. He'd donate to the local speedskaters, to the local velodrome. Then, he'd retire and finally have time to finish his racing Ford Fiesta.
Joe Starck
Madison, Wisconsin USA