Another thing about Merz--he is one of the few people
that Bruce Gordon has ever called a good framebuilder!
Miaow
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> In a message dated 6/8/02 10:45:25 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
>
>
> > To: Jeremy
> > I worked for Jim Merz in 1980 and 81. He was a
> great frame builder; I
> > learned a great deal from him. I was with him for
> about 6 months and we
> > built between 5 and 7 frames a week .He built with
> Columbus, Reynolds 531
> > and 753, the bottom bracket was Cinelli, the lugs
> were Hayden (stamped
> > steel) and, the prettiest and nicest crown I ever
> worked with, Vitus (
> > forged) of France. His dropouts were forged Campy,
> Shimano, or Suntour . He
> > built with minimal jigging, the old-fashioned way.
> From my calculations, he
> > built quite a bit more than 150 frames. He was in
> business for quite a
> > number of years, before moving on to Specialized.
> > I hope this helped.
> > Yours truly,
> > Anthony
> Mezzatesta, Master Framebuilder
>
>
>
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