RE: [CR]what fashioned the choice of bikes for cycling enthusiast s from Japan

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 11:28:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J Thurow" <mr_thurow@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]what fashioned the choice of bikes for cycling enthusiast s from Japan
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20020607162629.68107.qmail@web11905.mail.yahoo.com>


Here's a link to the Yamaguchi website which offer a bit of background on Mr. Yamaguchi (I hope the link works), http://www.yamaguchibike.com/html%20Folder/History_english.html.

James Thurow
Rock Island, IL


--- Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:


> > Well, when I mentioned Yamaguchi I was thinking
> of
> > the one in Colorado. I seem to recall that he
> built
> > some frames in Japan before coming over to the
> US...
> John,
> I guess that's what I'm curious about... When he
> arrived
> at Proteus he was already an accomplished builder,
> although
> totally unknown in the U.S. So I was wondering if
> he built
> under his own name in Japan or if he was "forced" to
> build
> frames which were identified with some "master
> builder".
> No one at Proteus seemed to know, since he really
> did
> simply arrive at their threshhold one day as if he
> had
> dropped from the sky!
> But I think you'd have to consider any the bikes
> he built
> in this country to be American. Although, much like
> Singer,
> we could debate how to properly pronounce his name.
> :-)
> Best regards,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
>
>
>
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