Cooper is my omission for no good reason, the first of
his frames to make it to this country had the
semi-fastback stays that you describe, as well as
bigger squarer block letters than the other brands.
Coopers were also some of the cleanest-looking UK
frames of the time. The first bike store I worked at
sold them and they rode straight and had no parts
installation problems as compared to some other brands
sold in the same area at the time.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> David the problem is that I have fairly clear
> picture in my mind of what the
> frames looked like, (especially the seatstay
> cluster) and the few photo
> references I've seen to Laing's and Moulton's
> frames and graphics don't
> match, but then my memory plays tricks on me all the
> time. The name that
> most rings a bell is Ron Cooper's but the few
> internet photos of his frames
> dsiplay fancier lugs and different graphics than
> what I remember from over
> 25 years ago, and I also don't recall this
> particular builder building
> frames as long as Ron had done.
>
> Larry Hakim
> Oxford, MS
>
>
> >From: David Feldman <feldmanbike@yahoo.com>
> >To: Larry Hakim <larryhakim@hotmail.com>,
> classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: Re: [CR]Who was/is this framebuilder????
> >Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Larry,
> >Does Colin Laing sound familiar? He's based in
> Tempe,
> >Arizona. Another expatriate British builder who
> could
> >fit that profile is/was Dave Moulton. Dave has
> made
> >one of the more interesting career transitions, as
> >he's now a working country and western songwriter!
> He
> >sold his business to a former apprentice, Russ
> Denny.
> >David Feldman
> >Vancouver, WA
> >--- Larry Hakim <larryhakim@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This is driving me crazy: I recall reading about
> a
> > > British framebuilder in
> > > the late 70's whose frames were becoming popular
> > > here. This builder's design
> > > featured stiff geometries, beefy stays and a
> unique
> > > semi-fastback seat stay
> > > arrangement. The lugwork was very simple and the
> > > builder's name was
> > > similarly non-fancy--just plain block letters.
> He
> > > wasn't very old and I seem
> > > to recall American connection--perhaps he moved
> to
> > > the U.S. and resumed
> > > building here, but I don't really recognize his
> name
> > > on the
> > > classicrendezvous site. What in the world is the
> > > name of this framebuilder
> > > I'm trying to remember?
> > >
> > > Larry Hakim
> > > Oxford, MS
> > >
> > >
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