Charlie Young wrote:
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The Rodney Moseman frame was purchased from Sam Fitzsimmons and is a bit on the large size for me at 60cm but I'm going to try it anyway. Harvey Sachs gets a shot at it if it proves too large. I emailed Rodney who is most well-known for his tandems and he indicated that it was one of his first frames. I'll try and get it out to him so he can see it. Brazeons limited to a top of chainstay cable stop, over BB cable guides, and an "M" on the head tube. Full Reynolds 531, thinned long point Prugnat lugs, Campagnolo dropouts w/ fender eyelets, vertical in the rear, full-sloping fork crown, and cleanly executed full wrapover seatstays. =====================
I've known Rodney Moseman since at least 1980, and a better man I've never met. Rodney owned a bike shop in Lititz, PA, and still builds frames as a sideline. All impeccably finished, but that's not what sets them apart. Rodney's delight is technically novel solutions. This year, he brought to a rally a pair of take-apart tandems that in many ways go beyond the S&S couplings or the Bike Friday approach. For a couple in South Jersey, he built a fantastic off-road bog tandem with wheels about 8" wide and 16" tall, with the same careful attention to detail and getting things right.
Rodney was almost killed when run over by an 18-wheeler in New Orleans a couple of years ago, but is back riding now. He was doing a cross=country ride at the time.
But, the icing on the cake was the surprise party his customers threw for him when he sold the shop and "retired." They came from hundreds of miles around. There's much more to say, but it would embarrass Rodney, cause he's a pretty modest guy.
Yes, Larry Black, a 60 cm must be too small for me, since I can fully straddle it (inside joke about my Cinelli), but it's about the karma, the mojo, and I'll figure out how to ride it if I can pry it out of Charlie's hands...
harvey sachs
mcLean va