[CR]Re: Form Follows Function

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:42:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Forbes Bagatelle-Black" <diarmaede@yahoo.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Form Follows Function

"What was the brand of bike you made (make?) Forbes?"

Hi Chuck,

I worked for Moots in the 80s. I left about a year or two before they went from steel to titanium. I was there when they switched from lugged and fillet-brazed steel to TIG welding.

In the early 90s, I built a few frames on my own, under the name "Valhalla Technologies." They had an epoxied aluminum main triangle and a brazed steel rear triangle. It was lots of fun, but I got sucked into the world of electric vehicle R&D soon after that. I haven't worked with bicycles since (professionally) other than a one-year stint as product engineer at Charger Electric Bicycles.

Yours,

Forbes Bagatelle-Black Santa Clarita, CA

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