Re: [CR]Jim Merz frames

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From: "Kenneth Stagg" <kstagg@harbornet.com>
To: "jeremy haynes" <jerryhay@sbcglobal.net>, Classic Rendezvous <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 20:08:00 -0700
In-Reply-To: <011801c20f4b$e3d5d200$1c78fea9@jeremyhaynes>
Subject: Re: [CR]Jim Merz frames


6/8/02 5:23:29 PM, "jeremy haynes" <jerryhay@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>While lazing about this evening I was reading an old copy of Bike World
>magazine, and read an article on Jim Merz. His frames look really nice, and
>I became intrigued.

Jeremy,

I can't add anything to what David had to say about Jim himself but I will mention one frame that I remember seeing frequently. A coworker at a shop in West Seattle had a Merz (unless my memory is completely shot) with the quirkiest lugs I'd ever seen. Asymmetric lugs. From one side of the bike they looked like classic Italian lugs - nice clean, simple lines. From the other side they looked like they'd been attacked by a madman with a fretsaw - all cirlyques and whorls. Great effect.

-Ken