Heck..........You guys tried to leave it in my room at the Journeys End motel once. That didn't work either.........
Karen Rawls currently at: Star Tannery VA USA
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <
jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Actually Norris, Meral is a brand steeped in CR legend. One of the core
> tales of CR lore tells how I showed up at a past Cirque with a hideous green
> Meral frame I'd gotten in trade from Larry Osborn, and tried to give it back
> to him. It past through numerous hands like a hot potato, finally going
> home with Chris Beyer, who appeared at the following Cirque with the frame
> built up with French parts and sporting sneakers and argyle socks in the
> same hideous green.
>
> As Chris is sadly no longer with us, Meral now makes us think of departed
> friends. But more recently, we've learned that Meral really did make some
> nice bikes, most in tasteful colors.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
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> --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Norris Lockley <nlockley73@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Norris Lockley <nlockley73@googlemail.com>
> > Subject: [CR] Meral Randonneur on States Ebay
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 7:35 PM
> > There is a very attractive MERAL
> > Randonneur bike on USA Ebay *Item No
> > 280426213647, but the seller *is* based in France.*
> > **
> > The bike is equipped with French components as befits such
> > a gallic machine.
> > Size is 54 cms...price currently 316 dollars with about
> > three days for the
> > auction to run.
> >
> > MERAL was a medium sized company based in the Loire valley.
> > It's range of
> > cycles and frames was impressive to say that they were made
> > in short series,
> > although a custom build was available.
> >
> > Obviously not of the same high standard as a Singer or
> > Herse, these bikes
> > look typically French..have all the braze-ons for F and R
> > racks etc and ride
> > well
> >
> >
> > Norris Lockley
> >
> > Settle-sur-Loire