Tom,
The Matthews is wonderful. History and heritage are exciting and a reward separate from refined finish. I'd love an early frame from any fine craftsman.
Enjoy!
David
David G. White Burlington, VT
Tom Sanders wrote:
>Winter projects are once again piling up on me. A Malvern 5 Star purchased
>from a CR friend. A Wizard, again, sent to me by a close buddy on the CR
>list. Tonight I just scored a very rare bike thanks to the expert eye of
>Karen Rawls and the terrific depth of knowledge of Doug Fattic.
>Fans of Matt Assenmacher perhaps do not know that when Matt (Matthew)
>Assenmacher graduated from college in Mt. Pleasant Michigan he had his first
>frame shop there and built under the name of Matthews Light weight Cycles of
>Mt. Pleasant. He built there from '73 to '76 and built very few bikes. I
>have never ran across one before and this one appears to be completely
>original.
>I know it perhaps isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the thing just makes my
>heart race, even though it is obviously of lesser finish quality than his
>later bikes.
>Here is a link to the sale page if anyone cares to look at it .
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
><http://ebay.com/<blah>
>me=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1>
>&item=7200564165&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
>And thanks to all of you who have helped so much in pursuing all this
>madness!
>Tom Sanders
>Lansing, Mi