if i build the frame and also assemble the parts on it, but leave off the fenders, am i a constructeur? e-RICHIE 17th arrondisement chester, ct
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 16:08:44 -0500 "goodrichbikes"
<goodrichbikes@netzero.net> writes:
> Jan Heine posted:
> Clearly, the French cyclotourists considered the person who put the
> bike together, who made sure fenders, lights, racks, derailleurs
> and
> all worked together, the constructeur. For them, the frame is only
> one part of the bike, maybe more important than fenders, wheels or
> other parts, but not by that much.
>
> My question is if I build a rando frame for a customer but he or she
> puts
> the parts on, are they the constructeur? I believe what you posted
> is
> historically correct but it sounds a little pathetic that the guy
> that
> screws on the fenders gets credit for the bike. This doesn't seem
> consistant with your earlier postings about how cyclotourists saw
> the bike
> as a whole rather than a frame with parts hung on it. If the frame
> wasn't
> designed and built to accomodate the appropriate parts to create
> the
> cyclotourist whole, try as the wanna be constructeur might the whole
> package
> won't come together.
>
> Curt Goodrich
> Minneapolis, MN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Heine" <heine@mindspring.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:05 AM
> Subject: [CR]Constructeurs/technical trials/drillium