Absolutely stunning bicycles Norris! Thank you for sharing your work with the list. Paul Raley Leonardtown MD
"Norris Lockley" <norris@norrislockley.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>I think it's almost two years since I managed to unfangle how to join
>the CR List..but I had been reading Members' contributions for some time
>prior to trying to sort out the technology. It's probably about
>twenty-one months since I made my first contribution..and since that
>time I have tried to take part as an active member whenever I thought I
>could make any sort of reasonable contribution to the vast mass of
>knowledge that is already out there. It's been a fascinating couple of
>years...I have learnt a tremendous amount ..and I have made a number of
>"new friends", whom I hope to meet sometime at the Cirque.
>
>In the contribution in which I introduced myself, one of my claims to a
>type of legitimacy for being on the List was that as well as being an
>active cyclist since 1948, I have also been building frames on and off
>since 1953..I think that was the year I broke my duck. Various
>references have been made to my "Bespoke" brand..and I know that there
>are Members on this side of the water
>who have seen some of the machines I have built..and there are a few
>"Bespokes of Settle" over in the States...but only a handful.
>
>At times I have felt like something of a charlatan when holding certain
>positions on contributions to the List, particularly when these have
>been concerned with aspects of frame-building. In an attempt to "put my
>money where I mouth is" so to speak, I have been struggling again with
>this internet technology to try to get some photos of a random sample of
>the type of frames I have built, on to the Net.
>Not knowing how to place photos on to a site such as the WoolJersey one
>I have managed to place a few photos on an MSN group site, in the hope
>that any member who might be interested in examining the work of yet
>another English regional builder will be able to browse a little.
>
>Unfortunately none of the photos were taken with a digital camera..nor
>did I have much skill with the Minolta SLR. The photos such as
>they are were not taken with a view to creating a web-site or catalogue,
>or any such exhibition or display, but just as a souvenir of frames as I
>made them. The best purpose they served was to show customers what could
>be made..in an attempt to give impetus to the next "dream-machine".
>Every frame I ever built was a one-off..there were never any stock
>frames or stock measurements...just broad guidelines such as "..a couple
>of frames for a world tour " or "..I want something to do a muddy Three
>Peaks cyclo-cross" or "..it's for the 100kms team-time
>trial"...or"..there's this 800km stretch of canal bank I'm going to ride
>in France" or even " it's for the Alpe d'Huez stage in the Tour Feminin"
>Often the customer simply wanted "...something different..I want it to
>look 40 years old, but I need it to ride like a modern machine..if you
>know what I mean".
>
>Hopefully any List member who might be interested in seeing whether I
>might know what I have occasionally been talking about on the List, will
>be able to find the photos at:-
>
>http://groups.msn.com/velomania
>
>Just click on the "Pictures" tab in the L/H margin..that should do the
>trick...or at least I hope so. There are no words of introduction to the
>site..it's very rudimentary..and goodness knows why I called it
>"Velomania" except that is what my wife says I suffer from.
>
>If that site proves to accessible I might try to improve it and place
>some interesting frames on it.
>
>I would be pleased to know if anyone manages to access the "velomania"
>group...and all comments would be welcome
>
>Norris Lockley...Settle UK
>
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