In a message dated 6/8/02 10:45:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
> To: Jeremy
> I worked for Jim Merz in 1980 and 81. He was a great frame builder; I
> learned a great deal from him. I was with him for about 6 months and we
> built between 5 and 7 frames a week .He built with Columbus, Reynolds 531
> and 753, the bottom bracket was Cinelli, the lugs were Hayden (stamped
> steel) and, the prettiest and nicest crown I ever worked with, Vitus (
> forged) of France. His dropouts were forged Campy, Shimano, or Suntour . He
> built with minimal jigging, the old-fashioned way. From my calculations, he
> built quite a bit more than 150 frames. He was in business for quite a
> number of years, before moving on to Specialized.
> I hope this helped.
> Yours truly,
> Anthony Mezzatesta, Master Framebuilder