Thanks Andy,
I remember Rob being a very nice guy, and a real strong rider. It would be interesting to know what he's doing these days.
One time I ran into him while we were both warming up for a time trial at Bear Mountain. He was riding a Serrotta funny bike that he had built. I don't remember why but he had a problem fitting the thing with a front derailleur. Bear Mountain is a super hilly course so there is no way you could do a time trial there without using both chainrings. Rob's solution was to shift the thing with his finger. I thought he was out of his mind until he gave me a demonstration of how easy it was. Shows what I know!
Regards, Jamie
James B. Swan Northport, New York, USA jswan@webb-institute.edu http://www.jamieswan.net http://www.limws.org http://www.liatca.org
On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Andrew R Stewart wrote:
> James- Rob and I attended the Eisentraut workshop in Rutland, VT in
> 1979. At that time he expressed interest in working for Serrotta. I
> know
> that he did work for Serrotta at least shortly after the class. It
> wasn't until 1986, I think, that he became involved with Terry et al.
>
> This thread on Rob is interesting in another vein. I am moving back
> home
> to Rochester, NY soon and I believe that Rob is still living and
> working
> there, Last I heard he was doing metal work/welding for artists,
> architects and those with more $ then cyclist typically have. It's
> in my
> plan to look him up after moving.
>
> Andy Stewart
> Raleigh, NC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Swan
> To: Andrew R Stewart
> Cc: Classic Rendezvous
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Rob Stowe
>
>
> I met Rob Stowe around 1980 when we were both racing at the Empire
> State Games. I ran into him a couple times after that at various bike
> races. IIRC at that time he was working at Serrotta. Does that sound
> right?
>
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> Jamie Swan
>
> Northport, New York, USA
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> jswan@webb-institute.edu
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> http://www.jamieswan.net
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> http://www.limws.org
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> http://www.liatca.org
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> On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Andrew R Stewart wrote:
>
>
> Mark- Rob Stowe spun off Terry Precision and formed Phase 3
> after a
> year or two (? timeline?), the very late 1980s I think. My best man
> was
> Georgena's first employee and carried on under Rob for a while. He got
> real good at brazing up drop outs after a few years of practice!
>
>
> Andy Stewart
> Raleigh, NC
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> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 04:33:05 -0800
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> My buddy Bruce Miller has a lugged Stowe. I believe Rob Stowe
> was a
> buil
> der for Georgiana Terry in the early days of Terry.
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>
> Mark Hoffman
> New Britain, CT
> USA
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