Peter Weigle's French Fender Day 2019

[Paul Brodek]

Didn't see any mention of this here, thought I'd post/repost some thoughts and pix. Not sure the formatting will come through perfectly, you may need to click on the links to see the pix.

Somebody rode in on an Atlantis with a very extensive harlequin _upright_ bar wrap.

Sharp readers may notice the '81 Weigle Sportif I brung is a frame that sold here last year, to another member. I got it on the rebound from him.

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FFD was, indeed, a great day. It's a really cool blend of other events, with a loose steel/fender theme, low key and laid back, with lots of seriously great people and bikes. You've got builders, industry types and shops like at NAHBS/Philly (Peter hisself, natch, Brian Chapman, Johnny Coast, Crust Bikes, Velo Orange, Wayne Bingham/Velo Classique), CR Cirque-like period-correct steeds and stalwarts, restomod builds, and maybe more Raleigh International 650b conversions than I've ever seen in one single location. You could spit in any direction and hit a 650b Int'l.

I don't wish a multi-day event on Peter and crew, but there was no way you could really see everything, and catch up socially, in just one day. I haven't been to an event for a while, so I wound up spending a lot more time socializing than photographing. That's not at all a bad thing, but there was so much to see and drink in, I feel like I barely scratched the surface of what was on display for all of us.

Here's my flickr album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/26383479@N04/albums/72157711372822378
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHKxrPq

After the fact I'm realizing that I brushed shoulders with lots of folks I "know" from various forums, but had no idea who they were. If we're lucky enough that Peter does this again next year, I'll try to coordinate/facilitate that. I've seen pix from previous years where folks had name tags, not sure if that'd be too medium-key for Peter, but something...

Here's a few snaps...

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[S. Greco]

Paul, 

Great pics!

I can't believe I'm just seeing this post. I was there too, and the Weigle was originally mine!

It was really cool to see it again, though it took me a minute as I couldn't believe it was actually the same one and there's more than a couple Weigles rolling around with that paint scheme.

Your build looked really good, nice work! If you ever think of selling it, drop me a line . . . I've been missing it :(

Maybe I'll see ya there next year.

-Steve