RE: [CR]Re: Eddy and E-Richie, and another Ritchey? AND PJ!

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: 'Classic Rendezvous' <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Re: Eddy and E-Richie, and another Ritchey? AND PJ!
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 17:08:42 -0800


Of course if we open this up to amateur racers, then the list will extend to almost every framebuilder who ever lived. I'm sure there have been some framebuilders who never raced on their own frames, but they must be a minority, no?.

Even me I guess, though the frames didn't have my name on 'em - I was always journeyman / wage slave. Wait, I did race on one of my "Ben Dover" bikes. That sort of qualifies - "Ben Dover" was my brand; I built three of them when I worked at Santana, and we couldn't put Santana decals on single bikes, so they could maintain the myth that Santana made only tandems (as if that made them better tandems somehow!)

My buddy Glenn Erickson won lots of state championships and a few at masters Natz on Ericksons. I won a few minor races on an Erickson too - one that I built, so it wasn't a "real" one. ;^)

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA