I will third that. Greg is a class act. We need more people like him in our business.
Mike Howard Norwalk CA
On 9/21/09, brianbaylis@juno.com <brianbaylis@juno.com> wrote:
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> Bill,
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> Glad that worked out for you. Greg is indeed a very talented framebuilder
> AND a very nice person all around.
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> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Silverman <rsilvercat@earthlink.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR] Frame & Fork alignment/repair: Thank you, Greg!
> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:22:57 -0700
>
> A follow-up to my post last week in regard to my unfortunate
> experience driving into a parking structure with my Trek 760 on the
> roof rack:
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> In response to the suggestions of Mike Howard and Brian Baylis
> (thanks guys!), I contacted Greg Townsend, a framebuilder who lives
> over in Monrovia, pretty close to my neck of the woods. Greg was
> extremely gracious and invited me over to his shop yesterday, where
> he spent some time wrestling the fork and frame back into alignment.
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> I had just expected that I would just have to drop the frame off and
> that he would get around to checking it when he had some time, but he
> set about on the project right then and there. Watching him work and
> seeing his meticulous care in realigning the fork and frame was truly
> inspiring. I can only say that if he puts as much care and attention
> into his framebuilding (which I'm sure he does) as he did in rescuing
> my production Trek frame, his bikes must be truly special indeed.
> And he's a really nice guy, too! Anyone looking to have a local
> boutique-builder make them a custom frameset should consider checking
> out Greg Townsend's work:
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> http://www.townsendcyclesltd.com/
>
> Thanks again, Greg!
>
> Bill Silverman
> Pasadena, CA
> rsilvercat@earthlink.net
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