Gerald O'Donovan has I don't think ever actually built frames himself though he did a lot of the design work for Raleigh SPD frames. He always had framebuilders to that for him. And they contributed a lot of input to the designs too. He is certainly not building any now he's left Raleigh. Hilary Stone
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>From: RALEIGH531@aol.com
>To: FiRUSA@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: Welcome To "Classicrendezvous"!
>Date: Sun, Oct 22, 2000, 1:53 pm
>
> In a message dated 10/21/00 7:45:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, FiRUSA@aol.com
> writes:
>
>> If I were to get a frame of that era now, it would be to have
>> Gerald Donovan to make me a 753 Panasonic Team frame of 1984.
>>
> Hi Mark,
> Welcome to the list.
> I think that was you I corresponded with regarding Fiamme's relationship to
> FiR?
>
> Q. You referred to Gerald Donovan.
> Is that Gerald O' Donovan of Raleigh fame?
> Is he building frames on his own these days?
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, Pa