Hey Walter,
First off we have Dave Bohm and Andy Gilmour in Tucson and Colin Laing
(may be retired, not sure), Omar Khiel and Chris Zanotti/Mint (mostly
TIG but can do lugs) in Phoenix.
>From Richard's list, I recognize Dave Kirk, Llewellyn/Darrell
McCulloch, Jon Kendziera/Jonny Cycles, Sacha White/Vanilla, Mike
Zanconato and Curt Goodrich as lugged only or mostly lugged builders.
Some of them may have waits that aren't much shorter than RS, Vanilla
for instance. Other cool builders IMHO: Joseph (I think) Ahearne,
Bob Brown, Troy Courtney, Doug Fattic, Mariposa, Ira Ryan and Tom
Kellogg/Spectrum.
Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA
On 12/29/06, wbnash@msn.com <wbnash@msn.com> wrote:
> I have been feeling the urge to have a steel bike built and reached out
> to Richard Sachs, only to learn that the wait is now up to approximately
> 56 months for one of his jewels. He very kindly and graciously referred
> me to some other builders he recommends as shown on his site at this
> link:
> http://www.richardsachs.com/
> twave.html>
>
> Any feedback from you folks on these builders? Have any of you worked
> with them before? Thanks and have a great New Year.
>
> Walter
> Tucson, Baja AZ
> wbnash@msn.com<mailto:wbnash@msn.com>