I tried that when I bought it. But nope, not his name. Plus the difficulty is that he's out of the country now, apparently hard to get in touch with, but I am still trying.

I admit now the mystery is growing on me. Weird thing I keep thinking about is that its clearly well made, and whoever made it had enough of a connection to the name "lucas" to put it all over the bike and seemingly enough ambition to apparently make it a "brand," so I'd assume there'd be something traceable somewhere out there. My natural inclination is also to guess that a serial number like 00049 might mean 49th bike? Then again, who knows knowing serial number craziness. Maybe the 4th bike in 99 or the 9th bike in 94...