Re: [CR]Waiting times for KOF frames and bikes

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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:34:17 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: "Tom Sanders" <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Waiting times for KOF frames and bikes
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Hey guys, Bruce Gordon's wait time is VERY short based on a quick e-mail exchange a few months ago...

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ

On 3/10/06, Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Several folks have expressed reservations about the long waiting times fo r
> KOF builders, and I have given much consideration to this also. For me a t
> 63 to enter into a 5 year wait for a bike is nuts. For a younger person,
> perhaps not. It has been asked what to do about this. Well, ask around
> the various frame builders and see, is all I can say. Wait times vary fr om
> several lifetimes from Richard Moon to 4 or 5 years or so from Brian Bayl is
> to 3 years or so with Richard Sachs to a year or so from Doug Fattic to a s
> little as 6 weeks from Dave Kirk (at least during the off season). A bik e
> by any of these folks (or a couple of dozen more builders) would do any of
> you proud. All build jaw droppers. Prices run from $1800 to over
> $10,000...again, you gotta ask. Most have 800 numbers. If it really is
> important to you, just call them up and ask...with one or two often noted
> exceptions most seem glad to talk with folks who call. None of those
> exceptions is among the above mentioned builders, by the way.
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi