Re: [CR]Strawberry builders

Mark D worked as an employee of STrawberry in the early 70's as did Jim Merz, then both built bikes under their own names for periods of time, DiNucci working for Merz for a period, like 1976-78 sporadically, then building under his own name again from @1980 until getting hired--by Merz--to work at Specialized in 1985. Other than Jim and Mark, to my knowledge no Strawberry ex-employee has built bikes under his/her own name. Newlands has to my knowledge built all Strawberry labeled frames since the late 1980's. As Andy's website shows, he builds a number of small-wheeled bikes. Trivia: When the street intersection in front of Jim Merz's old shop was repaved some years ago, a sub-street storage space had it's door paved over and so access to a small batch of frame materials that JM didn't want to move with when closing his business is shut off--vintage frame materials entombed under the intersection of NW 21st and Everett in Portland, Oregon!
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA