RE: [CR] eBay Confente

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Subject: RE: [CR] eBay Confente
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:15:05 -0400
Thread-Topic: [CR] eBay Confente
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From: "Rich Rose" <rrose@normandassociates.com>
To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>, <GPVB1@cs.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Thanks Dale, (below) I never heard anyone talk about Confente's work in that vein before - at least not in those words. I have only heard of the "romance" & "mystique" in past discussions. If you are saying that his frames were / are in the same league as these other modern masters than yes, I can see the value. Especially when they are so rare. Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)

I am with you Greg...

But you know, I think it is worth saying that from an artisan-construction-technique point of view, I have to say that of that list you made above, only Baylis, Sachs and Columbine belong in the same league as Confente (each having their own style, yada yada) The one-off craftsman built bikes such as these (and some others) are so much better built, even better than the legendary work shop bikes. The crisp edges, the consistent thickness of the lugs, the unstressed surfaces of each tube as it enters it's next

transition, the careful shaping and matching of curves and edges, the rhythm and repetition of shapes all working together.... You really have to know a lot about the methodology and have looked at a lot of frame builders work to notice this "sweating" of the details.