re: [CR] McLean on Craigslist

(Example: Racing)

Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:46:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: re: [CR] McLean on Craigslist
To: Peter Brueggeman <pbrueggeman@ucsd.edu>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <00fa01c8a0b9$fa7d2ac0$6e70ef84@AD.UCSD.EDU>


I acquired a McLean just a couple of months ago, and it is very similar to the one outed today. An exquisite bike, on a parr with the framebuilding gods, Sachs, Baylis, Weigle, Gordon and Fattic. One striking thing about McLean is that he was the ultimate minimalist. Everything serves function in a simple and clean way. Nothing is solely decorative. Sort of the Anti-Hetchins. Even down to the decals. Note that the one outed today has only downtube decals, none on the headtube or anywhere else. The Silk Hope frames he built had only a headtube decal, none on the downtube or anywhere else.

Regards,

Jerry Moos Big Spring, Texas, USA

Peter Brueggeman <pbrueggeman@ucsd.edu> wrote: Regarding Mark Westray's comments to CR regarding the McLean on Craigslist, I agree with everything he says except the sentence starting

"OiA3Yml0DQpQcmVjZWRlbmNlOiBsaXN0DQpNZXNzYWdlOiAxDQoNCmh0dHA6Ly93d3cubGFncmFu...

I own an older McLean and it is quite different in this respect.

Peter
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Peter Brueggeman
La Jolla California United States America
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