Silk Hope~ McLean Gallery
Updated 2/6/2005
Cye Hogue's #02055
Dan Borden's very early Silk Hope with an odd serial number ...#402 9081
Mike Schmidt's
Silk Hope #18016
(this frame has been
refinished; note atypical braze-ons for it's age and addition of McLean
transfers,
something not umcommn for Silk Hope owners to do.)
Web master's first Silk Hope road frame, #17105
Silk Hope solo frame...
Web master's Silk Hope touring #19087...
Ken Toda's elegant Silk Hope #21038
Early Silk Hope tandem
(photos taken in Saxahapaw,
NC, at original workshop.)
Scott Swimmer's
Silk Hope touring
(click for 7 photos)
Mike Dayton's Silk Hope #28048
John Provetero's Perfect Pleasure serial #M30080
Billy Boden's McLean frame #10101
Photos courtesy Karen Rawls
Ken Wallace's' immaculate frame...
Roman Stankus' very sanitary Silk Hope
Billy Boden's McLean frame in original paint
| "This was my only bike since about '79 when I had the bike built for me by McLean. It is a racing frame and it was an adventure seeing McLean's shop, talking with him about what I was looking for in a bike, being measured and ultimately picking the frame up. I'd gotten to know McLean when he was working at the Clean Machine in Chapel Hill in the early 70's when I was first getting interested in bikes and just hanging out watching McLean work in the back of the shop assembling and fixing bikes. I was a young aspiring racer and the Clean Machine had the greatest bikes in the area. When he was there, he was always a quiet but friendly presence in the shop with a sharp and dry wit, an unusual and distinctive voice and a sly smile. When I got my first job as an architect/intern, the McLean was my first major purchase." Roman Stankus March 2004 |
Tandem built for Mr. & Mrs. Pat Patterson
Tom Sander's resurrected beauty!
Wayne Bingham's extremely clean McLean...
Patrick Craft's super light Columbus KL road frame
Steve Meier's late model McLean
