Ron has been building since 1946, when he started his apprenticeship, but he has only been building under his own name since 1970 or so ...
See http://www.veloworks.com/
My Cooper (the black & white one shown on the site) is built with simple short-point lugs, and a Henry James-style crown (by Everest, I believe).
Most of the Coopers we sold during my time at A Bicycle Odyssey (in Sausalito), were similarly built with simple, short-point lugs.
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:56:06 -0500, Larry Hakim wrote
> 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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