Re: [CR]Serotta?

(Example: Framebuilding)

To: mmeison@scubadiving.com
Cc: mmeison@scubadiving.com, tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Serotta?
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:00:05 -0500

snipped: <mmeison@scubadiving.com> writes:
> FWIW I don't eschew the production work... and:
> Richie I'm curious as to whether you've ever
> had an assistant/apprentice or has your operation
> always been a one man shop?

marty i didn't mean YOU. i was speaking in general terms base on my list experience. i had a helper for 10 weeks in 1982. yuck. i like being alone. it has nothing to do with framebuilding, lugs, or 'whatdeva'. like pee wee herman, i'm a loner, a rebel... e-RICHIE chester, ct

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:35:23 -0500 (EST) <mmeison@scubadiving.com> writes:
> > one-man shops, regardless of the products, are,
> >shall we say-anomalies...
> > i don't want to start a thread on this, but even the
> > most reknowned artists, sculpters, etcetera, whose
> > names, work, and fame span centuries, worked
> > with assistants and/or apprentices. it is with this in mind
> > that i wonder why so many folks eschew production
> > work, as if the bicycle (in this instance...) is sullied
> > because it was made by the staff of...rather than by
> > the man himself. often, it's <better> if it's a
> > collaborative effort.
> > e-RICHIE
> > chester, ct
>
> FWIW I don't eschew the production work,
> again to use Serotta as an example, Ben seems
> to have first class builders/painters on staff
> and builds a fine bike (the CSI).
> I doubt that any of us could discern between
> a production Serotta and one entirely built by
> Ben himself (and this applies to all builders
> I'd venture to say).
> For myself it isn't the production work that
> doesn't sit well, but more the movement away
> from traditional lugged steel frames.
> Richie I'm curious as to whether you've ever
> had an assistant/apprentice or has your operation
> always been a one man shop?
>
> Marty Eison
> Dallas, Texas