My Tesch, earlier than a 101, will be at the Cirque for all to see.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> Dale,
>
> Here's a few co-incidences. The S-22 decal set you dislike so much was
> designed by a friend of mine. He did exactly as Dave told him to do in
> the design, and Dave had a concept that I can appreciate. Interestingly,
> I am finishing a frame for this friend of mine who designed the Tesch
> decals TODAY! He still rides the Tesch 101 he got from Dave for the
> decal work; now it can be reapinted because he has a new bike to ride
> while his Tesch is in the shop. He uses it for daily transportation. I
> have heard many who don't like the S-22 decal style; I personally think
> it fit the OS tubes and fillet or tiged joints nicely stylewise. The
> decals don't work too well on a fade like the bike on ebay; they look
> best on solid colors like one might find on 50's household kitchenware.
> Light aqua blue is ideal.
>
> The concept for the S-22 decal set I believe sprung from the love of his
> 1962 Mercury Comet S-22! Dave will not go along with this, claiming it
> was named for state route S-22, a steep winding decent (or climb) that
> goes through Julian, CA. But I know Dave, he was and still is into those
> cars. Regardless, Dave knew what he wanted his stuff to look like and
> what impression he wanted to make. I'm sort of indiffenent towards the
> S-22 graphics, but as you say, the 101 decals are true classics. The
> custom tandem decals I have are the Model 100 and 101 style.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
> Can anyone top a Tesch male/female Model 100 tandem in bright red?
>
>
> >
> > In a message dated 4/17/2003 12:05:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > rena.cutrufelli@comcast.net writes:
> >
> > <<
http://ebay.com/
> > 298
> >
> > Another rare Dave Tesch-built bike. He built my 83 Masi, telling me
> > about it on this list.But I have heard his own line was really
> > something.
> > >>
> >
> > I REALLY liked his 101 decals:
> > http://www.classicrendezvous.com./
> >
> > and I really dislike those newer ones on this eBay bike! ("different
strokes
> > fer different folks.....")
> >
> > Dale Brown
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> > USA 27408
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