We only talking builders currently working?
Dave Moulton (an Englishman) built my bike in California in 1989
And I don’t know who built the Oasis but I know it was made in Arizona.
Ian, get a Davidson.
would love to own a bike like cooky’s one day.
basically an all-arounder roadbike
[quote=kaido_k][quote=cookietruck]yeah bill used to import those takahashi lugs i think they were.
bill also doesn’t have a crazy long wait list coz there are a few people in the shop instead of just a single dude building frames.
his paint is way way better than i expected.[/quote]
I think it was Matsushita (now Panasonic) lugs. He was going off about them! How you can’t build with Long Shen’s like you did with those, etc etc. Man…I was just awestruck at how he was passionately talking to some random tourist like me of his tales in Japan.[/quote]
you’re probably right about Matsushita instead of takahashi…
he was talking to me about that the same way when we had a few conversations about what i wanted out of the bike he was building the frame/fork for.
i mentioned nagasawa shorelines and stuff and then he started telling me about going to japan and meeting nagasawa and all that stuff…importing the lugs and shit. it was cool.
funny thing is i happened to just walk into his shop the same way as you…i was in seattle for something and just wasting time…walked in there.
i got to talk to bill a few days later when i went in to get one more look at all the bikes and we talked for a good while about geometry and all kinds of stuff.
a year or two later i had him build me a frame.
^Damn memory sucks and I am now thinking Hitachi lugs. Yeah I think thats it with a globe looking mark. He showed it to me on a this beatiful black bike. Either way it was a Japanese appliance maker.
So same talk and year or 2 later huh…if that is some magic spell he casts that means I will be flying to Seattle and ordering a frame this October lulz
[quote=kaido_k]
So same talk and year or 2 later huh…if that is some magic spell he casts that means I will be flying to Seattle and ordering a frame this October lulz[/quote]
possible man.
just know what you want him to design for you and then let him do his thing.
also check the davidson scans…
it probably talks about the lugs we can’t remember the name of…
[QUOTE=GrantM;142907]I remember late 80’s Bicycle Guide magazine doing profiles on American builders.
scans:
Eisentraut -
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Eisentraut1.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Eisentraut2.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Eisentraut3.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Eisentraut4.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Eisentraut5.htm
Bill Davidson of Seattle was another favorite of mine:
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Davidson1.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Davidson3.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Davidson4.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Davidson5.htm
http://bhovey.com/Masi/Scans/BicycleGuide/pages/87_10Davidson6.htm[/QUOTE]
trying to find out more info about:
reads “crawford” also on etched into the top of the seat stays.
sounds american?
I’m frying to figure out about dat saddle angle.
Golden Pedalmafia rule of matching the stem angle?
its not even setup for riding.
i can tell because it doesnt have cranks.
and i have seen bikes not setup for riding a few times before.
how else can you tell
there is also no chain. but maybe dats photoshopped.
CS5 is out and is easy to remove things like that. i saw it on youtube once.
New guy is clever.
[quote=mr. trout]i know what i want.
basically something like this.
but not that
more like this
but really, even more like this
advise me please, because this will be it.[/quote]
similar question, but with Hunqapillar instead of Rodeo as my start bike, but so what would my next 2 pics be?
but wants discs
[quote=cookietruck][quote=kaido_k][quote=cookietruck]yeah bill used to import those takahashi lugs i think they were.
bill also doesn’t have a crazy long wait list coz there are a few people in the shop instead of just a single dude building frames.
his paint is way way better than i expected.[/quote]
I think it was Matsushita (now Panasonic) lugs. He was going off about them! How you can’t build with Long Shen’s like you did with those, etc etc. Man…I was just awestruck at how he was passionately talking to some random tourist like me of his tales in Japan.[/quote]
you’re probably right about Matsushita instead of takahashi…
he was talking to me about that the same way when we had a few conversations about what i wanted out of the bike he was building the frame/fork for.
i mentioned nagasawa shorelines and stuff and then he started telling me about going to japan and meeting nagasawa and all that stuff…importing the lugs and shit. it was cool.
funny thing is i happened to just walk into his shop the same way as you…i was in seattle for something and just wasting time…walked in there.
i got to talk to bill a few days later when i went in to get one more look at all the bikes and we talked for a good while about geometry and all kinds of stuff.
a year or two later i had him build me a frame.[/quote]
Damn. Someday I want to get a Davidson that is as beautiful as the one my dad has sitting in the garage. Dude makes no-nonsense, beautiful frames.
Dave Wages of Ellis.
Stand up dude.
Worked for Waterford and Serrotta.
Wins Best in Show at NAHBS.
Also, Doesn’t afraid.
Golden Pedalmafia rule of matching the stem angle?[/quote]
its obviously set up for fixie hill climbs
cue photoshopped at slight angle post
don walker
indy fab
ira ryan
mike desalvo
fuck it. get a landshark.
coho
six-eleven bicycle co
bishop
tony pereira
Why Tom Palermo of course…
