Hello list,
I have to admit that i haven't been keeping up with the list lately as I have a lot on my plate. So it seems fortuitous that when I opened the lates t digest in my CR folder one of the topics being discussed is days gone by in the New York cycling scene. Some may recall my request for information a bout a year ago about a builder named Corky Gulbransen (now a champion wood carver I believe). As far as I am aware no one on the list owns a Corky an d there is precious little information on the internet. I found two people who knew anything about Mr. Gulbransen and there is one photo on the net of a motorized training machine. Cycleart has restored one as well but I have no idea who owns it and have never seen a photo. My machine will be rebuil t with 1971 correct nuovo record parts, including bar end shifters (the onl y option for this bike). Items not correct include the seatpost (has min in sertion line), the headset (pretty minor) and cables, housing, hoods, toe s traps. I even found a cinelli 1A with a nutted clamp and 7mm bolt. Only las t week did I obtain a unicanitor in black suede without the cinelli embosse d on the back. This is my oldest bike and it is being built on a budget so all the parts will be stripped and polished as I could not obtain mint or N OS parts. I expect to finish assembling the bike by next summer (I haven't even taken delivery of it yet). Thanks to Mark Bunten who did the paint and decal art/sourcing and also to the contributors of information (Jamie Swan and Edward Albert) and to the person who found the bike, Darwin Gregory. M ay I also suggest/request we add Corky Gulbransen to the American builders list on the CR website? As promised here are some pictures of my restored C orky Gulbransen Criterium Machine. There is also a before album of the spra y bombed rusty nightmare.
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Thanks
Anthony Bier
A week away from Victoria, BC