Peter Naiman wrote:
> >Someone very lucky got a great deal on [snip] a
> >2000 Paramount hand built by Curt Goodrich.
and Curt replied:
>
> I can't lay claim to having built the whole thing. I had a
> hand in it but so did others.
>
Maybe it had
-Lug and frame design by Tim Isaac (T.S.Isaac/Trek/match/Lightspeed)
-Mitering/jigging/tacking by Kirk Pacenti (who went on to start Pacenti Cycle Design / bikelugs.com)
-Fork by Steve Hampsten (who went on to start Hampsten Cycles)
-Rear triangles by Martin Tweedy (who went on to build Palmarés frames)
-Main triangle brazing by Rick Gnehm (ex-Davidson, BananaBoy)
-Braze-ons by Curt (who went on to start Curt Goodrich Bicycles)
-Alignment by me (who quit the bike biz after match)
Dunno but it coulda - we all moved around and did different jobs on different days (except for Tim!) Would that make it better or worse as a collector's item? Since there was no log kept on who brazed or aligned what frame, we'll never know.
They were pretty decent frames, but that's all - don't look at one of those as an example of Curt's work, that would be selling him short. He only got really good after he left match! ;)
Check out the photos that go with the Goodrich interview at
http://istanbultea.typepad.com/
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA