Mike Appel was one of the original Trek builders, and later a painter for Trek.
“…maintained pretty close contact with Trek, and a number of Trek builders used to hang out at his shop, including Joe Starck, Dave Tesch (both later with Masi CA), Chris Fiorini (with Waterford), Kelly Gamble, and myself. “
John Thompson http://www.bikeforums.net
The Classic Rendezvous “ARCHIVE #2” is a Google Group. Once you join, you can not post to the group forum but you can do searches for research information.
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