I own two Laings and my wife has a Gilmour -- all three are excellent.
Best,
David
David G. White Burlington, VT
Doug Van Cleve wrote:
> 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>