Guenther Krautschneid and Noell have been making frames since on timeline. I believe Krabo started making frames in `74, building his first Aero- frame in ´76 (!). Let´s not forget about Gudereit either. Gert Kalkuehler buildt the bikes for Guenther Schumacher, winning gold in Montreal ´74 on it, and also the german track-fours winning Olympic Gold in 1976. I believe Gregor Braun also was riding a Kalkuehler.
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kim Klakow Berlin, germany
> In a message dated 3/26/2004 3:43:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> dirk.feeken@sap.com writes:
>
> << In fact ALL still brazing german frame makers ("our KOFs") use nothing
> else than 56% silver brazing. Don't know if this really makes sense or if
> it's
> just a marketing thing.
>
> http://www.marschall-framework.de/
> http://www.norwid.de/
> http://www.guylaine.de/
> http://www.noell-fahrradbau.de/
> http://www.krabo.de/
>
> ..but you might be right for the traditional italian brands who doesn't
> braze anymore. >>
>
> Hey Dirk:
> Yes, I was not talking about modern builders but those who are in the CR
> time
> span or continuation of older enterprises. Most contemporary one man shops
> will use silver as it is a more "civilized" joining material in the sense
> that
> clean up and defluxing is more sanitary, it works best for the extremely
> thin
> modern steels and the builders can pass the more substantial cost along
> easily.
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC
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