Maybe I should rephrase the question, anyone know of another winner of the Tour, Vuelta, Giro, 5 times Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubais, multiple World Championships, World Hour Record, every classic worth mentioning, who rode "his own" frames so early in his career? Hmmm... maybe his early sponsors saw something in him which made them humor him.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> 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