Frames and Framebuilding (1985) Beautiful Bikes from Dream Makers
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Frames and Framebuilding (1985) Beautiful Bikes from Dream Makers
Exquisite art and craftmanship from Betsy and Peter Weigle, Doug Fattic (BF's Doug Fattic ), Spectrum Cycles' Tom Kellogg and Michael Overcash, and Tom Ritchey.
Full article pdf attached.
Full article pdf attached.
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12-05-20, 10:01 AM
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Great article! Superstar lugs by Mr. Fattic!
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Nice!
I love the ad with Ralph Sampson -all 7'04" of him- next to what appears to be a 56-60cm road bike. The top tube only comes up to just above his knees.
I love the ad with Ralph Sampson -all 7'04" of him- next to what appears to be a 56-60cm road bike. The top tube only comes up to just above his knees.
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Interesting! I have a copy of a similar article from a Dutch magazine from the same era on some of the leading Dutch frame builders at that time (Ko Zieleman, Jan Legrand, Wim Bustraan, Peter Serier and Jan de Reus). Quite a difference! No fancy lugs here, it was all about racing.
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Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce
Nice!
I love the ad with Ralph Sampson -all 7'04" of him- next to what appears to be a 56-60cm road bike. The top tube only comes up to just above his knees.
I love the ad with Ralph Sampson -all 7'04" of him- next to what appears to be a 56-60cm road bike. The top tube only comes up to just above his knees.
That picture was the highlight for me.
12-06-20, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by non-fixie
Interesting! I have a copy of a similar article from a Dutch magazine from the same era on some of the leading Dutch frame builders at that time (Ko Zieleman, Jan Legrand, Wim Bustraan, Peter Serier and Jan de Reus). Quite a difference! No fancy lugs here, it was all about racing.
I was fortunate that my teacher Jack Briggs at Ellis Briggs Cycles had blank lugs left over from the early 50’s that he gave me.Over the years I’ve improved methods on how to more effectively design and carve blank lugs.This information I’ve been able to pass along to my framebuilding class students. I imported blank lugs from the Nikko company in Japan for them to shape to make their own frame. .
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A Reader's Compliment for Doug Fattic
And 5 months later in the Readers' Letters section of the December 1985 issue, there was this compliment for @Doug Fattic and the frame he built for this satisfied customer:
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