After the first year we got a better, more expensive lawyer, and so did they. We signed a bad contract with the wrong people and ended up in a situation that was unworkable for us. I don't sell bicycle frames any more I teach Framebuilding 101.ĥ There sems to have been some confusion in the early days amongst brodie kona and rocky fans and your involvement with The Bicycle Group (Kona) what role did you play in those early days with TBG and the likes of joe murray (kona welder) ? This is the HOF award, and this is where it resides in my house >Ĥ Have you noticed a change to your customer base from bitd to now ? I told the story of getting the Sekine 10 speed frame out of the dumpster and taking it home and cutting it up to build my first MTB frame. I said it was an honor to be inducted into the HOF, and thanked them all. There was no particular order, so you had to take a bit of initiative if you didn't want to end up last, by default. And then it became apparent that we WERE going to have to say something. I remember Tomac and Tinker being there, so there certainly were some names for sure. We were greeted, told to relax, short ceremony, don't have to say anything. Not all of us were able to cross into the USA it seems that some of us were unlucky enough to have been previously apprehended and charged with possession of a certain leafy green plant, if you know what I mean. I was one of the the "British Columbians" being inducted. There was anticipation, some nervousness, and excitement. I was in the right place at the right time.ģ How did it feel when you were inducted into the mtb hall of fame ? Two weeks later the Red Ritchey Team Comp came in the door. Less than a year later the first Specialized Stumpjumper showed up. I started working at a bicycle shop to get out of cab driving, which had gone on way too long. My whole life has alternated between motorcycles and bicycles. It was definitely an exciting time.Ģ You came from a motorbike background what made to jump to mtbs ?
but it helped to get me a job with Rocky as their first MTB framebuilder. The head angle (on the finished bike shown below.) was too steep, the BB too low, and I put bondo over my welds (shame of all shame.). My fork jig was 2X4's and plywood, and by the time I had tacked the fork together using the oxy-acetylene, it was well on fire. That same day I salvaged a 25" Sekine 10 speed frame from the shop dumpster, took it home, and cut it up to create my own version of Toms' masterpiece. It had matching (red) Bullmose Handlebars and it was a pivotal point in my life. Seventeen years later, I was working at a bicycle shop in Vancouver (1984) when I saw the first (red) Ritchey Team Comp arrive in the city. My Father did help a bit, and I only learned to weld halfway through the project when I took metal shop in grade 8. I designed and built a mini-bike when I was 12.
0 kommentar(er)
