Re: [CR]stupid question# 399944448...Hellenic Stays

Tom Sanders wrote:
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> Why do they call them Hellenic? Is there supposed to be something Greek about them? Shaped like Greek letters? Who thought this up, anyway?
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi

¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+, Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10106.0482.eml From: Philcycles@aol.com Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:51:04 EDT Subject: Re: [CR] Little known builders

In a message dated 6/12/01 1:02:07 PM, bulger@erim-int.com writes:

<< Does anyone know what happened to the green Bartlett touring bike with hellenic stays that hung from the ceiling of American Cyclery about twenty years ago? >>

Hellenic should be capitalized as it derives from a proper name, Fred Hellens, an English frame builder. Phil Brown ¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,¸,+°´°+,

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern Califonria

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