Doland,
No, the dropouts turn up every so often, although the number of them is obviously finite. I harvested a set from a bike that I will use for my b ike. I also have a set that belongs to a client who is having me build a frame for those components. That will be coming up shortly.
It wouldn't be impossible for someone to make workable reproductions of these dropouts; in this day and age of lazer cutting and water jet cutti ng. I may even try making some of them myself that way.
Ed did a magnificent job of that bike. The very best I've ever seen. Th at project represents at least double the labor of a normal custom frame . It also requires double the skill, since taking apart a brass brazed f rame like that is no picnic. I hope I can be successful in such a projec t some day.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
USA
So that means the correct dropouts *could* be made if I found the Cambio Co rsa changer? I always thought the dropouts were the hard part to find.
Doland Cheung SoCal
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-b oun ces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Phil Brown Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:32 AM To: Angel Garcia Cc: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS Subject: Re: [CR] Misinterpreting the vintage market: Ed Litton
On Apr 1, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Angel Garcia wrote:
> That's Ed Litton's bike?
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley NJ
>
Yup. The jig for the dropouts-they're toothed and must be absolutely in
sync-is either Peter Johnson's or Roland Della Santa's. They both have
them. Phil Brown Beautiful workmanship and I wish it were mine in Oakland, Calif.
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