Here ya go Dan. You can mail order it too.
http://www.tiffany.com/
Best to you and and a very happy Barb. Though ya might have to sell another bike or two.
"Mikey Schmidt kept bringing up a certain tennis bracelet to Barb regarding a bike I was supposed to have brought home from T-town. ... I don't have the bike, but by Sunday, it was up to three tennis bracelets and Barb was egging Mike on."
Mikey Schmidt Millington, NJ USA
On 6/10/09 10:05 PM, "Barb and Dan Artley" <hydelake@verizon.net> wrote:
> The Cirque was great! I've only missed one since 2003 and already reserved
> our room for 2010. I'm an old steel bike fan, but what brings me back year
> after year are the people who are so much fun to hang out and ride with. Many
> thanks to Wayne, MJ, John, Holly, Dale and all the volunteers who made this
> year's Cirque what it was. There were a lot of people there making it all run
> smoothly. Folks who couldn't make it to this year's event were the one's
> missing out.
>
>> From seeing major award winner Peter Koskinen pulling in with the biggest
>> bike repair rig on earth Thursday, Wayne, MJ, John and Holly's tea party at
>> Velo Classique', it started off with a bang. Kevin Kruger and Bill Talbot
>> were the only ones riding to Purcellville Thursday, but managed to convince
>> Paul & Rita, Scott Goldsmith and me to brave the rain Friday morning for
>> another ride to beat the heavier rain predicted later, and what a pleasure
>> riding with them. Thursday had a small but nice crowd show up for the tea
>> party enjoying MJ's Barbeque and all the cool stuff in the front and back
>> rooms of the shop. Wayne has built a little bikers paradise to hang out in.
>> Now I just have to work up the order for the bits and pieces I found that I
>> must have (please pull out a set of the Bluemels fender stays and hardware
>> for me Wayne). Mikey Schmidt kept bringing up a certain tennis bracelet to
>> Barb regarding a bike I was supposed to have brought home from T-town. ...
>> I don't have the bike, but by Sunday, it was up to three tennis bracelets and
>> Barb was egging Mike on. Arriving late back to the hotel, all was quiet and
>> there were no bikes in the lobby or hallway of the Best Western. Opening an
>> outside door, music spilled in from Peter's truck and a small gathering was
>> inside keeping the party going. Peter had just finished welding a broken
>> dropout alignment tool of mine while I waited (well worth the wait!).
>
> I managed a first ride on my recently acquired Frejus track bike Friday, set
> finally right only that morning with a lockring from Ken Sanford. Kevin
> traded his Swiss Condor town bike with me for a couple miles, a very nice ride
> that managed to flatten out a couple of the grades. We returned wet, happy to
> have gotten out and warmed up from the effort, though with a major cleaning
> required in the room (room service did a journeyman's job cleaning up my
> mess). Another crew went out later in virtually the same light rain on
> schedule for the official Sheldon Brown memorial fixed gear ride. Some really
> nice stuff was auctioned off that evening, and a few managed to get some
> really nice bargains. Peter Koskinen got a chrome Paramount that then won
> best of it's class on Sunday. With too many projects at home, I wasn't
> shopping big. I managed to surprise Barb with a bottle of red 'Last Syrah'
> acquired in the silent auction. My big surprise was winning a raffled box of
> stainless fasteners and hardware from Bob Freitas' donation. A real prize as
> I'm always looking for the one or two washers, etc. in the parts bins to get
> that one part mounted and working. I did miss Pergolizzi working the crowd.
> There were a few other notable faces missing, and this is such a great time to
> see everyone.
>
> Saturday's ride was a real high as I was able to ride with and get to know a
> few people better. The first stop sign echoed with the screeching of Mafac
> brakes! At least one of those Weigles were so new that the brakes hadn't been
> 'tuned'. Ron Gurth was waxing at dinner one night about how the Mafacs
> proudly made an 'announcement' that you were coming. Eric Elman had his
> 'Elmanized' brand new Peter Weigle randonneur looking so shiny, I thought all
> the parts were chromed. We managed to talk quite a bit more and I really
> enjoyed his company on the ride. I also managed to get some time in with Dave
> Wages of Ellis Cycles. Dave's a really nice guy, and I'd been admiring his
> bikes since last year. I got to hear some of his history with Serrotta &
> Waterford, and what the riding was like near his place. Sounds like a great
> place for riding. I also met Chuck Lathe, the builder for Coho Cycles on the
> ride. I'd just heard of Dave from Bob Wagner, a local Baltimore Randonneur
> I'd met on 'ride your bike to work' day this year, and who also made it to
> this year's Cirque for the first time. What a cool way to meet people! I
> managed to get dropped when the pace picked up and caught up in Purcellville
> as we got back to the rail trail.
>
> With only about five miles left on the long ride, I made a mistake, and went
> down. An easy one, but costly. While spending the afternoon in the emergency
> room (and MISSING the seminars!) I found I'd broken my collar bone. The
> weekend was still gearing up and my Cirque riding was pretty much done anyway,
> so the fun didn't have to stop. Apologies to those talking broken bones I
> walked away from. Keith Anderson's talk was very cool. Earlier, I'd admired
> his bike on a stand at Peter K's truck, and mentioned I'd never heard of the
> guy until that weekend, but he sure did nice work! "Thanks" came from Keith,
> who introduced himself to me then. That night was the only part I was bummed
> about. Mattie Bowne's first build, and many other bikes were there for the
> riding and I could only watch, though it was still fun to hang out.
>
> With lots of loading and unloading help from so many volunteers (thanks), I
> showed four bikes including Barb's Jack Taylor ladies frame with it's latest
> tweaks. With the gray area between period correct and restoration, I entered
> 'em all in the open category. Barb scolded me for working on the Frejus to
> switch the bars & wheels for the show, with Larry Osborn helping, and us
> looking like Mutt & Jeff as bicycle repairmen. Tom Adams with some great
> bikes at the show (loved the contemporary build on the silk hope), caught us
> on film. I was having so much fun talking and hanging with everyone, it was
> late before I really took the time to check out all the bikes. I see now I
> missed the Umberto Dei entirely. Paul Raley showed up at the Cirque with his
> RRA restoration, and we got to talk with him. I was disappointed not seeing
> Peter Kohler ride in on something cool. Steven Maasland brought a really cool
> display of four very progressive bikes by a little know Italian frame builder,
> sorry I can't remember his name, with build dates covering decades. This was
> the first year one of my bikes even got a mention, and the Frejus won it's
> open category.
>
> So many people we were happy to see that didn't get mentioned, Barb & I had so
> much fun, and we still didn't talk to as many folks as we'd have liked. It's
> nice seeing wives (husbands?) along for the weekend too. Really a very
> special Cirque. I did take some photos of the tea party at Velo Classique.
> So many others take better photos than me, I really didn't do it myself at the
> Cirque hotel or fairgrounds (that's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it). Follow
> this link to the Tea Party: http://sports.webshots.com/
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland USA