Re: [CR]1983 and all that

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:43:52 -0700
From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
To: Mara & Steven Maasland <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]1983 and all that
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

On Monday, June 02, 2003, at 01:21PM, Mara & Steven Maasland <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:
>- Fade paint jobs have been around a long time and well before Alexi
>Grewal. The sole difference being that Grewal accepted to use colours
>that would previously have been considered gauche. It was a real 'in
>your face' colour scheme that matched the whole political and economic
>attitudes of the decade. Do you remember the pink Merciers or even
>the 'celeste' Bianchis? Neither was ever considered to be terribly in
>keeping with the toughness of the sport of cycling. (I must admit to
>however liking celeste, fades and even the Mercier pink)

Here's a really nice 50s fade of un-tough colors as an example. < http://ebay.com/<blah> I thought the bike was totally sexy and it was in my size too. Thankfully I know when to say when. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA ++++++++++++++++++++ Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done. --Gil Scott-Heron-- ++++++++++++++++++++