Frames and Framebuilding (1984) CUEVAS Frames -- Custom and Super Corsa
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Frames and Framebuilding (1984) CUEVAS Frames -- Custom and Super Corsa
Francisco Cuevas was previously profiled in a 1982 Bicycling article: Frames and Framebuilding (1982) Francisco Cuevas
The 1984 article in this post covers some of the same background of the previous article, but provides more information about his frames this time.
The 1984 article in this post covers some of the same background of the previous article, but provides more information about his frames this time.
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About when that was written a riding buddy had Francisco build him a custom. It was very handsome and sported a grey-to-black fade finish that was subtle and elegant.
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11-11-20, 02:40 PM
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I've always liked Cuevas frames, always looking for that brazed-in "X" in the steer tube bottom, at the fork crown.
When we were doing in-house frame additions/mods I'd take the frames out to Long Island City for Francisco's son Andreas to paint. He was great with Imron, did some really nice fades for us.
Francisco was always brazing something when I stopped by, I was on my boss' dime so I didn't dawdle, also didn't want to get in the way.
I used an old Bertin frame I bought at Park Cycle, with the Fraysse "F" sticker on the head tube, as a practice piece, and installed just about every braze-on known to man. Made up a couple/few of my own. I brought that in to get painted along with some other frames, Andreas showed it to Francisco, who chuckled. Even though we had a friend who also had built for Park Cycle, I didn't know at the time that Cuevas had built there as well.
I think most folks with interest know that Francisco eventually retired to Spain, passed away in Barcelona in '05 at 90yrs old. Godspeed.
Andreas was still building/painting, and at one point was weirdly doing in-house frame/paint work for Cosmic Wheel, a local shop that bought out the Fraysse's Park Cycle location in Ridgefield Park, NJ. "Weirdly" only because Andreas was working in the same place he and his dad worked back in '77-'82ish, decades later, just under a different owner.
I heard Andreas got sick, had to stop working to recuperate, not sure what happened after that.
Francisco's grandson and Andreas' son Fernando built frames under the Cuevas brand, had worked together with Andreas, not sure of those details. Looks like Fernando passed away in '17. RIP. His memorial page says he was a cancer survivor and a 10yr dialysis patient, so I suppose that might have caught up with him.
Kinda wonderful seeing the torch get passed down through 3 generations, starting with Francisco when he was only 14 years old, and that having been a continuous thread here in the NYC metro area. Very sad to see them out of action or passing on.
When we were doing in-house frame additions/mods I'd take the frames out to Long Island City for Francisco's son Andreas to paint. He was great with Imron, did some really nice fades for us.
Francisco was always brazing something when I stopped by, I was on my boss' dime so I didn't dawdle, also didn't want to get in the way.
I used an old Bertin frame I bought at Park Cycle, with the Fraysse "F" sticker on the head tube, as a practice piece, and installed just about every braze-on known to man. Made up a couple/few of my own. I brought that in to get painted along with some other frames, Andreas showed it to Francisco, who chuckled. Even though we had a friend who also had built for Park Cycle, I didn't know at the time that Cuevas had built there as well.
I think most folks with interest know that Francisco eventually retired to Spain, passed away in Barcelona in '05 at 90yrs old. Godspeed.
Andreas was still building/painting, and at one point was weirdly doing in-house frame/paint work for Cosmic Wheel, a local shop that bought out the Fraysse's Park Cycle location in Ridgefield Park, NJ. "Weirdly" only because Andreas was working in the same place he and his dad worked back in '77-'82ish, decades later, just under a different owner.
I heard Andreas got sick, had to stop working to recuperate, not sure what happened after that.
Francisco's grandson and Andreas' son Fernando built frames under the Cuevas brand, had worked together with Andreas, not sure of those details. Looks like Fernando passed away in '17. RIP. His memorial page says he was a cancer survivor and a 10yr dialysis patient, so I suppose that might have caught up with him.
Kinda wonderful seeing the torch get passed down through 3 generations, starting with Francisco when he was only 14 years old, and that having been a continuous thread here in the NYC metro area. Very sad to see them out of action or passing on.
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I've always liked Cuevas frames, always looking for that brazed-in "X" in the steer tube bottom, at the fork crown.
When we were doing in-house frame additions/mods I'd take the frames out to Long Island City for Francisco's son Andreas to paint. He was great with Imron, did some really nice fades for us.
Francisco was always brazing something when I stopped by, I was on my boss' dime so I didn't dawdle, also didn't want to get in the way.
I used an old Bertin frame I bought at Park Cycle, with the Fraysse "F" sticker on the head tube, as a practice piece, and installed just about every braze-on known to man. Made up a couple/few of my own. I brought that in to get painted along with some other frames, Andreas showed it to Francisco, who chuckled. Even though we had a friend who also had built for Park Cycle, I didn't know at the time that Cuevas had built there as well.
I think most folks with interest know that Francisco eventually retired to Spain, passed away in Barcelona in '05 at 90yrs old. Godspeed.
Andreas was still building/painting, and at one point was weirdly doing in-house frame/paint work for Cosmic Wheel, a local shop that bought out the Fraysse's Park Cycle location in Ridgefield Park, NJ. "Weirdly" only because Andreas was working in the same place he and his dad worked back in '77-'82ish, decades later, just under a different owner.
I heard Andreas got sick, had to stop working to recuperate, not sure what happened after that.
Francisco's grandson and Andreas' son Fernando built frames under the Cuevas brand, had worked together with Andreas, not sure of those details. Looks like Fernando passed away in '17. RIP. His memorial page says he was a cancer survivor and a 10yr dialysis patient, so I suppose that might have caught up with him.
Kinda wonderful seeing the torch get passed down through 3 generations, starting with Francisco when he was only 14 years old, and that having been a continuous thread here in the NYC metro area. Very sad to see them out of action or passing on.
When we were doing in-house frame additions/mods I'd take the frames out to Long Island City for Francisco's son Andreas to paint. He was great with Imron, did some really nice fades for us.
Francisco was always brazing something when I stopped by, I was on my boss' dime so I didn't dawdle, also didn't want to get in the way.
I used an old Bertin frame I bought at Park Cycle, with the Fraysse "F" sticker on the head tube, as a practice piece, and installed just about every braze-on known to man. Made up a couple/few of my own. I brought that in to get painted along with some other frames, Andreas showed it to Francisco, who chuckled. Even though we had a friend who also had built for Park Cycle, I didn't know at the time that Cuevas had built there as well.
I think most folks with interest know that Francisco eventually retired to Spain, passed away in Barcelona in '05 at 90yrs old. Godspeed.
Andreas was still building/painting, and at one point was weirdly doing in-house frame/paint work for Cosmic Wheel, a local shop that bought out the Fraysse's Park Cycle location in Ridgefield Park, NJ. "Weirdly" only because Andreas was working in the same place he and his dad worked back in '77-'82ish, decades later, just under a different owner.
I heard Andreas got sick, had to stop working to recuperate, not sure what happened after that.
Francisco's grandson and Andreas' son Fernando built frames under the Cuevas brand, had worked together with Andreas, not sure of those details. Looks like Fernando passed away in '17. RIP. His memorial page says he was a cancer survivor and a 10yr dialysis patient, so I suppose that might have caught up with him.
Kinda wonderful seeing the torch get passed down through 3 generations, starting with Francisco when he was only 14 years old, and that having been a continuous thread here in the NYC metro area. Very sad to see them out of action or passing on.
Thank you!
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