Very good, Dale, long overdue indeed. I note you chose to put the Laing pa ge in the USA rather than the British section. I guess there are several B ritish/American builders plus Mike Barry in Canada.
Colin, I note your bikes on the CR page pretty much all road racing or trac k frames, as are most of the others I have seen photos of. Have you done a number of touring/randonneur frames as well, or are those rare for you?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR]Colin Laing Bikes
> To: colin_laing@yahoo.com, "Classic Rendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikeli
st.org>
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 3:10 PM
> Welcome to the CR list, Colin!
>
> In honor of your joining, I set up the start of a web page
> for you today in the CR website (I had been meaning to do
> this literally for years!)
> Let me know what to add or correct...
> Thanks
> Dale
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, NC
> http://www.classicrendevous.com
> ------Original Message------
> From: Colin Laing
> Sender: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> To: Classic Rendezvous
> ReplyTo: colin_laing@yahoo.com
> Subject: [CR]Colin Laing Bikes
> Sent: Jan 6, 2009 1:00 PM
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Just so people know, the bike you ride may or may not have
> been made by the guy who's name graces the down tube.
> In the past 54 years, I have made bikes for the following
> brands,,,,
> Sandy Gilchrist, Ken Ellerker, Pete Matthews, Sid Barras,
> Ottadini Cycles, Jack Taylor, Bryan Bliss, Criteria Cycles,
> Plus there was a smattering of "Brown Wrappers"
> for Raleigh Pro team under Peter Post...Peugeot Pro Team,
> Ron Kitching and of course Ludo Van Ijseghem...obviously
> COLIN LAING, Le Colin, Colian and Laing Racing Cycles...all
> this spanning well over 12500 frames.
> For the record I repaired many frames post crashes which
> included Confente, Eisentraut and Dave Moulten...and can say
> without a doubt that Dave's and Albert's came out on
> top under the paintwork, and method of construction...thanks
> for listening,,,I won't be making many more,,,,maybe
> less than a dozen as I have Muscular Dystrophy and becoming
> a very old man...sincerely...COLIN LAING
>
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