Re: Another ~ [CR]Jim Merz frames~ tangent...

(Example: History:Norris Lockley)

Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 17:19:29 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: Another ~ [CR]Jim Merz frames~ tangent...
To: bikenut <bikenut@gte.net>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <HEMKE052UNIGWRZURO1U82MGCBPJ.3d02c690@max.click-network.com> <007201c20f67$8823f060$37f22104@vz.dsl.genuity.net>


Jim Merz also machined up or had made 151mm chainrings to fit Record cranks. So he was very much into classic bikes a ways back.

I think he made about as much profit as Mike Kone who more recently went through the same effort.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: bikenut
To: Classic Rendezvous
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 11:41 PM
Subject: Another ~ [CR]Jim Merz frames~ tangent...



> Another of Jim's historical footnotes is that he manufactured inner
> chainrings for the (Nuovo) Record Triple Cranks. I think that the
> smallest stock inner was 36 t from Campagnolo. Jim had made a
> selection in the low 30's. I have (somewhere) a NIB 31t and 32t.
> The package and graphics harken back to a simpler and more shop
> crafted (read; no marketing dept) look.
>
> Matthew "bought a $30 NR Triple at-the-Cirque" Gorski
> Belmont Shore, CA