Re: [CR] Palo Alto frame info sought

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

From: "Angel M Garcia" <wa2vuy@mindspring.com>
To: "Shannon Menkveld" <shannon.menkveld@cox.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <DAACF792-A7A4-11D8-ACC4-0050E4FA0552@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Palo Alto frame info sought
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:44:24 -0400


Some info from Archives (you might want to look more carefully than I did). Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ

"I've heard that Tom Ritchey built Palo Alto frames many years ago before there was Ritchey Cycles. I don't know whether others built Palo Altos, when these frames were built, or who built them when, what kind of threading the frames had -- couldn't find the info on the bottom bracket. I'd be grateful for any other information list members may offer. Also, I'd like to find out where I may be able to find decals or transfers for the restoration.

Thanks a lot,

Vlad Luskin Bumptown (Oakland), CA"


> Perhaps a Bay Area CR'er will have the solution to a little mystery
> that's come up at the shop.
>
> We took in a bike for overhaul that no one knows anything about. The
> frame was built for Palo Alto Bicycles, sometime in the early to mid
> 1970's. Columbus tubing, the fork crown and seatstay caps have the
> Columbus dove stamped(?) into them, and the only decals are the head
> tube and downtube, both saying only "Palo Alto Bicycles". The bike has
> a full Nuovo Record group, with a "Pat. 72" rear derailleur. I'm not
> enough up on the variations in NR components to be able to date the
> bike that way.
>
> Obviously, this was the Palo Alto shop's "house brand" frameset, but
> does anybody know who built them? It's a nice looking frame, with a
> now-faded-to-burnt-orange red metallic paint job, a cream fills on the
> cutouts in the lugs. It's also got a pretty cool BB shell, with three
> oval-ended slots cut into the bottom of it.
>
> Anybody with info on this bike will be my official hero for the week.
>
> Shannon Menkveld
> San Diego, CA