Hal,
I remember talking with you at the framebuilders show in Houston. I enjo yed meeting and talking with you. Welcome to the CR list. Planning to co me to San Jose? Would like to meet one of your bikes in person too.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
One of these days I'll find the time to build a website. I've posted
some pictures of recent bikes I built at:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
album?.dir=a943&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//
pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hrbiel/my_photos They include a couple of race bikes, a tourer, two pseudo-cyclocrossers
( we use them on the Mickelson Trail - a 108 mile rails to trails
conversion here in the Black Hills ), my commuter, and a randonneuse I
built on 650B wheels.
On Monday, Nov 14, 2005, at 10:28 America/Denver, John Thompson wrote:
> Harold Bielstein wrote:
>> Thought I'd introduce myself to the list members. I'm Hal Bielstein
>> and
>> I've been involved with bicycles since 1976. I own a stable of bikes
>> (11) all of which I've built myself. I've been building bicycles sinc
e
>> 1988 and since that time I built about 60 frames. Recently however (
>> as
>> I get older and slower!) my bike building has slowly turned towards
>> bikes the general public (i.e. non-racers) can ride comfortably. My
>> interests have also gravitated towards touring and I hope to do a few
>> more tours these next years. Current bike projects include an
>> expedition touring bike for a young man who plans to ride from Prudho
e
>> Bay to Terra del Fuego, a sport bike for a young lady, a sport tourin
g
>> bike for the individual who helped me build my new frame jig, and
>> finally a new randonneuse for myself (as if I needed another bike).
>
> Welcome! I've been building frames since the early 80s myself, but onl
y
> two of the bikes I own are my frames, and not the best examples at
> that.
> I sold all the good ones. You can see a couple of them here:
>
> http://www.os2.dhs.org/
>
>
> Do you build under your own name? Any pictures of your frames you can
> share with us?
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA
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Hal Bielstein
5211 Meadowlark Dr
Rapid City, SD 57702
hkbielstein@rap.midco.net
605-341-0315