Framebuilders - Who is Fritz Bruhlmann ?
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grandnationaldc
07-17-09, 03:44 PM
Who is Fritz Bruhlmann ? I just acquired a frame with his name on it on eBay. It looks like SLX tubes, the lugs are totally beautiful, Campagnolo dropouts also. Anyone know anything about this frame ? I can post some more photos of it. Thanks, I'm new here, however, I've been riding for years.
grandnationaldc
07-17-09, 03:48 PM
The lugs are beautiful !
grandnationaldc
07-17-09, 03:49 PM
The headtube.
Scooper
07-17-09, 04:13 PM
Apparently he's a Swiss wheelbuilder and bicycle mechanic. I can't find any references to him as a framebuilder, though.
Fritz Brühlmann Flickr set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/singlestoph/384935272/in/set-72157600179012142/)
Fritz Brühlmann biography (http://www.nati-mech.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=42) (in German). semi-understandable English translation (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.nati-mech.ch/&ei=YuVgSqHKE-aGmQfXr8XjDA&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFritz%2BBruhlmann%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)
That's a gorgeous frame.
WOW! Nice find, what a great looking bike! So what's the plan for her?
grandnationaldc
07-17-09, 09:55 PM
Thanks Stan for the reply. I guess I should have just Googled him. The spelling in English without the umlaut is Fritz Bruehlmann, a pro mechanic. I got his e-mail off his own web-site and I will try to talk to him about this bike. Anyone else who might know something, thanks !
grandnationaldc
07-17-09, 11:11 PM
Wondering what might be the original gruppo on this. I've contacted the seller, I'll see if he gets back to me or even knows. Also, it has world champion stripes on the seat tube. Maybe you can see them in the first photo. Anyone know ? Thanks !
Scooper
07-18-09, 12:32 AM
From the quality of the frame and the downtube shifters, it would just about have to be Campy Record.