A friend is back in the Biz ........
06-30-06, 09:34 PM
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A friend is back in the Biz ........
Last fall I went to see a friend of mine who used to build frames and asked him if he would get his torches out of retirement and build me a bike.
We have talked off and on and he seems to have decided to build some more bikes, well it seems he has decided to get back into the bike biz in a larger fashion than I expected. He sent me an email this morning with these pictures of his first one out.
He sent me these pictures this morning ( and I am posting them here without telling him) and tells me that without pedals and with steel cogs this is 14 lbs 9 ozs. I told that although it is very nice it would certainly qualify as Beautiful if only it were Molteni Orange!!
All kidding aside, I do actually think that it is pretty darn nice looking bike for what is a flat out race bike. He is planning to do custom geometries and offer a mix of components from Advanced Carbon, Dedacciai, Reynolds, Mavic and Campy.
Let me know what you think of an early bike from a guy that has built quite a few, in years past.
We have talked off and on and he seems to have decided to build some more bikes, well it seems he has decided to get back into the bike biz in a larger fashion than I expected. He sent me an email this morning with these pictures of his first one out.
He sent me these pictures this morning ( and I am posting them here without telling him) and tells me that without pedals and with steel cogs this is 14 lbs 9 ozs. I told that although it is very nice it would certainly qualify as Beautiful if only it were Molteni Orange!!
All kidding aside, I do actually think that it is pretty darn nice looking bike for what is a flat out race bike. He is planning to do custom geometries and offer a mix of components from Advanced Carbon, Dedacciai, Reynolds, Mavic and Campy.
Let me know what you think of an early bike from a guy that has built quite a few, in years past.
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nice. le mans ford gt40 paint job 
is your friend a fan of the movie?
is your friend a fan of the movie?
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06-30-06, 10:00 PM
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You want to tell us the name of they guy who created this masterpiece?
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In fact one of the things that distracted Randy from the bike biz way back when was his love of fast cars, as I remember.
Sadly, it is not steel. ALthough I asked for a steel frame he has been working with EM2, a Scandium alloy.
Rad, I am almost certain that if you study the picture carefully you can discern Randy's full name
Sadly, it is not steel. ALthough I asked for a steel frame he has been working with EM2, a Scandium alloy.
Rad, I am almost certain that if you study the picture carefully you can discern Randy's full name
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I emailed Randy last night and got answer this morning ( he is working on pricing) that with Reynolds fork, FSA headset and frame the price would be in around $1600 CDN.
I am related to Randy, he is a friend and I for one am very happy to see him back in the bike Biz.
If anyone wants details for getting in touch with him PM me and I will get you his phone numbers, he doesn't have his web-site done yet - he said it moving faster than he thought - I think that's a good thing.
jim
I am related to Randy, he is a friend and I for one am very happy to see him back in the bike Biz.
If anyone wants details for getting in touch with him PM me and I will get you his phone numbers, he doesn't have his web-site done yet - he said it moving faster than he thought - I think that's a good thing.
jim
