Re: [CR]Kirk Pacenti tooling donations

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:03:15 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Kirk Pacenti tooling donations
To: jamie swan <jswan@optonline.net>, classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <3F4EA729.707D4552@optonline.net>


Might I suggest auctioning or otherwise selling a surplus part and forwarding the proceeds to Kirk.

I hope to get something up on ebay this weekend.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: jamie swan
To: classicrendezvous
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: [CR]Kirk Pacenti tooling donations



> Hey gang,
>
> I was just browsing Kirk Pacenti's web site and I noticed that he has a
> link on the bottom of his "products" page where you can make a donation
> via PayPal to help him defray the cost of tooling (molds).
> http://www.bikelugs.com/pacentiproducts.html. You guys probably know
> that Kirk lost his day job at Litespeed/Merlin/Tomac/Quintana-Roo.
>
> Kirk had to lay out a ton of money to "tool up" to make his fabulous
> lugs available. He is trying to make his frame building supply business
> into a full time gig. It occurs to me that perhaps he is struggling...
>
> Kirk has provided the traditional frame building community with a lug
> set, crown and bottom bracket that are a virtual blank canvas. If you
> don't know what I'm talking about take a look at his "gallery" page.
> http://www.bikelugs.com/pacentigallery/index.html
>
> This project strikes me as more altruism then capitalism. Maybe we
> should consider "passing the hat" in the interest of keeping the art of
> lugs alive. Just a thought. Jamie Swan - Northport, N.Y.