Do you folks all (several recently) mean "mystique," not "mystic?"
Greg "just checking" Parker
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RE: Re: [CR]R. Herse: Comparative Value with the Character
CYCLESTORE@aol.com wrote:
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> About the Character,
>
(snip)
> A bicycle is certainly more than the sum of it's parts. A builder reputation
> is based as much on myth as fact sometimes.
The word I would pick would be "mystic." Without mystic we have just another nice bike. I would add that it is not necessary to be a "dead builder" to have it, either.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, California (seller of mystic in the form of repro vintage catalogs)
http://www.velo-retro.com (list of catalogs and T-shirts)
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