skip sinatra wrote:
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> Greetings:
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> I have read the posts concerning the KoF designation....and I wonder? Has it become too narrow? I have seen plenty of lugged steel frames from the 70's on that were built by something less than artisans. To me the Flame seems to be the art and pride that you have in your craft and whether those qualities translate into the finshed product. This would exclude all mass-produced bikes--but might include several non-lugged steel builders such as Indy Fab, Waterford..... But then again, I may be FoS
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> Skip Sinatra
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> Frog Level VA
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> ps....FoS stands for the early 80's and thus period correct glam-rock-hair band Flock of Seagulls
Skip, the KoF designation doesn't apply to lugged steel bike makers from the 70s. It's post '83 guys "still gettin' it done"!
Chuck "FoS as in Full of Schmidt" Schmidt South Pasadena CA
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