[CR]Hujsak Bicycles

(Example: Production Builders)

From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>
References: <9A160F6F39EF9E45A5B0D3160285DFCC0AA5BB@mlsswn05p.was.int.imf.org> <024301c33208$cbcf6640$0a01a8c0@lobby> <133d01c33288$db6d2490$efddfea9@mooshome>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:51:20 -0500
Subject: [CR]Hujsak Bicycles

Skip , and his wife Vicky , were in Austin , specifically South Austin ( always a rumor about how South Austin may suddenly decide to succeed . . . ) .

Now they are in Wimberly , just up into "The Hill Country" , not too far away from Austin .

In the early-to-middle 1980's , I was lucky enough to able to "oooh and ahhh" over some of Skips best work . I'm still not over getting to play with the World Land Speed Record bicycle .

He was best known for trying to satisfy the most demanding demands of the most demanding customers . If they wanted the World's tightest clearances , he tried to comply .

Did quite a few steel frames with steel aero tubing . Those very special seat-posts were sold , one single seat-post per set of tubing . For a while , those delicate aero posts , for the steel aero tubing , were a precious commodity .

And the pearlescent paint !!

Skip finally had to make a rule that he would only do his fanciest paint jobs on frames he had made himself . No pearlescents on non-Hujsak frame sets !

Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas


----- Original Message -----
From: jerrymoos
To: Tom Martin


<WBINGHAM@imf.org>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [CR]hujack bike


> As a Texas resident, I remember that Hujsak was definately around in the
> early to mid 80's, maybe earlier. He was either in the Dallas/FW or Austin
> area then. I seem to remember that he was known for pretty tight and steep
> geometry, and also for the willingness to build very large frames. Also
> think I remember a clever little decal he used that said "Hecho en Tejas",
> sort of a parody of the "Hecho en Mexico" decal on the Windsor Pros of the
> time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Martin" <tom@wilsonbike.com>
> To: "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:02 PM
> Subject: [CR]hujack bike
>
>
> > List:
> >
> > anyone know anything about a frame builder named Hujack? how long has he
> > been around, good quality build, etc? Any info would be appreicated.......
> >
> > Tom Martin
> > Oakland CA