https://www.bizapedia.com/al/smoother-bikes-inc.html
Filing Status: Dissolved (Voluntary Dissolution)
Filing Date: March 23, 1995
Company Age: 27 Years, 8 Months
Products/Services: MANUFACTURE/PAINT/ASSEMBLE & REPAIR BICYCLES
Owner of the company was a John R. Hodgkins.
This thread from 2005/6 has a comment from a forum member (@AndyGrow - hasn't been active since 2011) about him:
Campy compatibility...completely confused!!!
Originally Posted by
AndyGrow
Thank you.
Yes, I cut the tubing, did all the filing and pre-fitting, and did SOME of the brazing...all under the VERY watchful eye of Joe Bringheli. I also helped do the cold-setting to get the frame and fork perfectly straight. So I guess I can say yes, I DID build it!
A gentleman by the name of John Hodgkins in Fairhope, Alabama did the painting for me.
-Kurt