tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325039553855595471.post8325692030982772219..comments2023-03-16T03:56:09.563-07:00Comments on Echelon 133: I only took ten years.Silk Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563417868220929969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325039553855595471.post-26370767095696722052016-04-28T08:28:36.128-07:002016-04-28T08:28:36.128-07:00I would be interested to see after photos. I sold ...I would be interested to see after photos. I sold mine for a fairly high price. Before I received payment I had another unsolicted offer for $500 more, but it went to the buyer that I had committed to.Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325039553855595471.post-57343367279599887892016-04-28T08:28:28.814-07:002016-04-28T08:28:28.814-07:00I would be interested to see after photos. I sold ...I would be interested to see after photos. I sold mine for a fairly high price. Before I received payment I had another unsolicted offer for $500 more, but it went to the buyer that I had committed to.Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325039553855595471.post-17696709608797660732016-02-10T12:12:40.200-08:002016-02-10T12:12:40.200-08:00I'd like to take a look at your collection. I ...I'd like to take a look at your collection. I was also born in CH but grew up in Charlotte. When I started riding there were a couple Mclean's amongst the club riders. The pure and clean aesthetic of Silk Hope's were appealing to me as a teen and are especially now -I've been on a long side-trip away from lugged steel. I raced and that leads to riding whatever is the latest distraction. I started out racing for Dale's team. He in my mind is the best imaginable MC for almost any cycling-related gathering. You must have been out west a while to have had handle or been around those Confente sales. Email is viewable here (the hotmail one is the hub of all my email):<br />goo.gl/l2EFE<br />Markbmwthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825716068272745888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325039553855595471.post-57808184476702502512016-02-10T10:13:02.304-08:002016-02-10T10:13:02.304-08:00First of all I was born in Chapel Hill. But the re...First of all I was born in Chapel Hill. But the real story is, I was at a bike show sponsored by Dale Brown in Greensboro (Dale was McLean's best buyer and friend). He introduced me to Fonville's Frames. Being an architect and loving things very simple I fell in love with his work. I now own four of them. Since I am a native TarHeel I liked the moniker. Btw your comment about Sach's is spot on. If you send me your email I post you some Pics.<br /><br />Jack<br /><br />DeleteSilk Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563417868220929969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325039553855595471.post-77905521310678199312016-02-08T11:16:39.664-08:002016-02-08T11:16:39.664-08:00I saw your comment (5 yrs old) on the italiancycli...I saw your comment (5 yrs old) on the italiancyclingjournal blog (about the very large Confente). I was struck by your "Silk Hope" name and avatar. I was a new resident of Durham, NC in the early 80s and had gotten to know McLean (he had relocated there too) a couple of years before he suddenly died. Today I tell people who are awakening to the value of old steel about McLean. The way I put it is Mclean would have had a Richard Sachs level stature as a frame builder if he had lived. He would have stuck to his standards and kept doing things much the way Sachs has - I feel certain. But even here in his home state he is nearly forgotten. My question is how have you come to know and appreciate his frames? I myself have been catching up on Confente's place in the 70s / 80s pantheon of frame builders.bmwthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825716068272745888noreply@blogger.com