Tim Neenan RIP
 

https://buymeacoffee.com/clri4kldp4/tim-neenan-rip

Tim built frames using the Lighthouse name. He worked at Specialized Bicycle starting about 1980, designing the first Sequoia, Allez and the first Stumpjumper bikes. The above link is a obit of Tim by Maynard Hershon. Jim Merz

Sad news. Thanks for posting. I hope a friend writes a nice obituary like that for me one day …

Tx Jim,

RIP Mr. Neenan, Godspeed. :(

Tim Neenan interview
 

Way too small Stumpy I bought mostly for the signature, Mafac tandem canti's and bullmoose.

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Sad news. RIP Tim.

He was a major figure in the Bicycle Industry, as well as one with an artistic vision. You don't get those two qualities in one individual very often.
RIP Tim Neenan!

Sad to hear. I happened to meet him out on the roads in the Santa Ynez valley when I was living down there and he was friendly and gregarious.

Sad news. Condoleances go to his family and friends. May he rip.

RIP, Mr. Tim Neenan, you're a revered man and veteran of the cycling world. 😢💐🙏

This has to be a very rare bird.

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I have a couple frames built by an obscure gent from Scotland. One isn’t perfect, but a quote from someone said a lot: “I would rather have a frame from a craftsman than a perfect frame from a big manufacturer”. I bring this up as it is nice to remember that there were actually people that were craftsmen involved in this discipline and it is nice to honor them as they were individuals too.

If Maynard Hershon writes your obituary, you have lived well.

--Shannon

He made a mean salsa.

He was a professional (or at least semi-professional) chef later in life. He told me it paid way better than framebuilding...

This is very sad news. I plan to ride my Lighthouse in the SLOBC Lighthouse century in September. I have admired Tim's bikes (and other achievements!) for a long time now. He will be missed.
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RIP Time Neenan. I'll be remembering you while I ride my Lighthouse of the Lighthouse Century on the Central Coast.

Jim, I just now today stumbled on this thread, as I took my lighthouse Sequoia out for a ride this morning.... And a search turned up this sad news. The CR list pointed me to Tim when my my original specialized Sequoia was stolen, and Tim offered to build me a custom replacement. I rode up to Santa Ynez to meet with him at his home shop. I'll never forget how we rode together, and he skillfully watched me ride my old mondia to get some specs and design ideas. The design and the build and the bike all really impressed me..... I feel very fortunate to have had this great experience with Tim

Rich Pinder
Sherman Oaks, CA

https://richpinder.smugmug.com/Bikes/LighthouseSequoia
(One of those first pictures in this gallery are of my original stolen white sequoia.)

I've been buried by household projects and only now have I seen this thread. I am sad to hear Mr. Neenan is gone, as I never successfully found a way to contact him to tell him how amazing Lighthouse no. 1 631 has been for me. I guess the best way to honor him is to show his work in its proper environment, so here is Ruby on a fire road jaunt returning from Promised Land, SC -

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Nimble and delightful no matter how bad the road.


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Fortunately, there is no prohibition of riding lovely fillet-brazed 531!

This bike is a keeper, forever. I know I have said that of other bikes, but this is an amazingly frisky bike that works with 32mm tires and fenders, and manages to look elegant and refined at all times - like if Shakers had built bikes. Godspeed, Tim Neenan!

In honor of his passing, this early Stumpy will be next, a bit small and has been mainly a donor up until now it will get some upgrades and more once the the big nasty one is sorted and its close for the first mockup before I decide what to do about paint, PC, or?

Glad I have a good stash of parts for one like this. ;)

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