[CR]Single Santanas (Santani)?

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:29:17 -0500
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From: "Roy H. Drinkwater" <roydrink@ptd.net>
Subject: [CR]Single Santanas (Santani)?

Mark Bulgier wrote:
>Even me I guess, though the frames didn't have my name on 'em - I was always
>journeyman / wage slave. Wait, I did race on one of my "Ben Dover" bikes.
>That sort of qualifies - "Ben Dover" was my brand; I built three of them
>when I worked at Santana, and we couldn't put Santana decals on single
>bikes, so they could maintain the myth that Santana made only tandems (as if
>that made them better tandems somehow!)

So were the single Santana's after your stint there? I know I've seen them and Larry Black has one at Mt. Airy.

Roy " '84 Santana Arriva*" Drinkwater Lititz, "frozen north" PA

* sold the Masi, Condor (Bill Hurlow lugs), Paramount & Miyata 1000 to get this...