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

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing)

From: <Jon3084@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:08:48 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Awards from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Ray,
>From the perspective of someone who went to Houston I can share that there were some carbon frames that I'd call handmade. Sure the lugs and tubes were purchased from larger firms who do this kind of work, but how is that any different than our beloved keeper of the flame builders. If a builder can use his hands build a rational frame for a certain set of criteria I think it qualifies as handmade. Just because it's glued and not brazed matters little to me. It's not my favorite cup of tea either but I saw some innovative stuff in Houston of all material persuasions.

Jonathan Greene
Oviedo FL