Re: [CR]Unique Tesch bike, 56cm on ebay

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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:01:01 -0700
From: "Brian Baylis" <rocklube@adnc.com>
To: r garni <crispyflotilla@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Unique Tesch bike, 56cm on ebay
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

ricky,

Great review of your Tesch bike. Dave is a unique person in so many ways. I could handle having Dave at Le Cirque; I'm not sure everyone else "is man enough" to take Dave live and in person. He has a great sense of humor but it is sharp at times. He's funny and entertaining and brutally honest and forthcomming with his opinions. If you want to turn the Cirque on its ear, call Dave and invite him for the fun. I would love to see him again myself, but odds are against it.

Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA
>
> hello everybody,
>
> I have to pipe up (rather than down) I guess since I
> am the very happy owner of the canary yellow (ferrari
> yellow, I believe dale once said) tesch 101 that dale
> attached in his original response to this thread.
>
> my devoted love of the tesch began with a '97 'what
> the editors ride' article in BICYCLING (others being
> an erickson, davidson, serotta, and, I seem to
> remember, cannondale) and a later article with a quasi
> interview with dt himself in '89 (actually, I believe,
> the greg tour issue)--
>
> article #2 equated the riding and handling style of
> the 101 to a porsche 911 (I believe dave said
> something to the effect of 'well, the 911 isn't for
> everyone either--are you man enough?')
>
> not necessarily feeling man enough myself, but feeling
> young and foolish (as I fearfully do too often) I
> purchased the frame from an anonomous bicycle dealer
> with a quick wit and easy smile, located near a donut
> shop in greensboro, north carolina.
>
> I can happily report, although I have never driven a
> 911, that the tesch rides JUST LIKE IT! well, at least
> it makes you want to be the fastest man on earth and
> sometimes you kind of feel that way until you start
> getting all huffy and puffy etc., that is, if you are
> me. in a moment of modernity recently, I test rode a
> few of the up to the minute modern young lover
> bicycles that everyone squeals about (not on this
> list, necessarily) and returned, happily, to my tesch
> which, for whatever reason, strikes the perfect
> balance between roadrunner beep beep speediness and
> ease of living on a seat for a few hours.
>
> presumably, according to the editors, the 101 and s-22
> handle identically. hard to see them responding
> identically due to the oversize tubing on the s-22.
> but I agree with brian (and who would dare not to?)
> that the graphics very much suit the tubing and the
> general aesthetic of the bike frame, and offer a very
> nice quasi-psychedelic counterpoint to the classic
> graphics of the 101 ('built for speed'.) the fade
> thing, well, I am sorry, it suques, as the french
> might say. doesn't work here. truly, though, does it
> ever really work? the last time I loved a fade was
> with the fishnet look on a colnago master piu,
> purchased again from a nice greensboro person.
>
> as for dave: can anyone box him up and bring him to
> the cirque as a carry-on? I bet brian could--and
> would. all he needs is a little encouragement.
>
> ricky
> in carrboro
>
> --- Brian Baylis <rocklube@adnc.com> wrote:
> > 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/<blah>
> > > 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./USA/Tesch_R-Garni_2.htm
> > >
> > > and I really dislike those newer ones on this eBay
> > bike! ("different strokes
> > > fer different folks.....")
> > >
> > > Dale Brown
> > > cycles de ORO, Inc.
> > > 1410 Mill Street
> > > Greensboro, North Carolina
> > > USA 27408
> > > 336-274-5959
> > > Fax 336-274-6360
> > > <A
> >
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> > > <A
> >
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