Very true, but while it was making them more creative I hope the quality of work didn't suffer much. I sent Tom Teesdale an email and I am waiting to here back.

Anyone else have any ideas? I looked it over again last night and don't see any cartouches or number evident. I an getting ready to head out and do some errands and hopefully drop this for some media blasting. I have some ideas a few things I want to do, some inspired by other members bikes, but nothing radical like canti bosses or removing the shift bosses. I am debating a small set of fender eyelets but first it would be nice to kind of know just who really built this and what it original intent was. Was it built for some past his prime nuovo rich guy for his club rides? maybe someone had it built to ride acorss America. Is it a dog built from scraps off the floor by a young apprentice or did a master rivaling Medici or Chance but know only in his own little part of the country build it?


Ftwelder how do I measure the angle of the dropout? Do I level the frame in my stand and use a ruler to sit my angle guage on parrellel to the lower part of the drop? but what does that angle off vertical compare to?