Re: [CR]Awards from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: "goodrichbikes" <goodrichbikes@netzero.net>
To: <wheelman@nac.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <53789.146.152.216.1.1105995156.squirrel@webmail.nac.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Awards from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:50:16 -0600


Ray Homiski posted- , since when is a
> carbon fiber bike considered hand made? Did someone there actually set up
> a form, brew up some epoxy solution and hand wrap the results coating each
> layer and take out the rough spots by hand

I think I understand your sentiment. I don't like carbon much but it doesn't seem a stretch to call it hand made. No, the builder didn't make the tubes but neither does any builder regardless of material. Hand made seems to me to be an overused term. All bikes are hand made just some are more so than others.

Curt Goodrich
Minneapolis, MN