thanks for the plug, monkey! but in pulling a quote from my homepage, and mentioning the 'snip' you omited some key elements regarding my statement, "i do things the old way." there's more to it than just that. the full text is still on the site. read it there-'cuz there's no classic content in my using this list as an infomercial. e-RICHIE Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA http://www.richardsachs.com Tel. 860.526.2059
On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 13:23:25 -0700 Brandon Ives <monkeylad@mac.com>
writes:
> At 3:17 PM -0400 8/24/02, Richard M Sachs wrote:
> >Brandon Ives <monkeylad@mac.com> writes:
> ><... The same goes for other folks like Sachs and Lyon
> >who have been building very similar frames
> >for the past 30 years...>
> >
> >mine are not similar, it's just that i still join tubes with lugs.
>
> I was wondering if someone would say something about definition of
> "similar." By similar I mean that you are still building pinned
> lugged steel frames like you have in the past. You like many
> modern builders that have been building for 20+ years have added
> more
> modern touches but only ones that you belive actually improve the
> end
> result. I think you say it best on your website, "I don't choose
> the
> latest angles for this season's riding position. And I don't change
>
> my material choice, tube shape, or joining process with each new
> model year. .(SNIP) . . I do things the "old" way."
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> Off to work on the neighbor's bike
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