I spoke with Ric at Cat's Hill Criterium in Los Gatos, CA., but I think that was during the '99 season. He was working the pits. Great guy. Always takes the few seconds extra to say hello and how are you.
"Bicycle Mark" Perkins
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:49:27 -0500 Richard M Sachs
<richardsachs@juno.com> writes:
> dave...
> you lost your reinforcements by way of a zealous
> cutting tool. when i use dubois lugs, i plane them down
> from the side, not top/bottom. this way the lug height
> isn't affected. it's a subtle difference, but much more
> beautiful. the interesting thing about how the masi
> frames were done is that the interior of the headtube
> was cut at an angle, allowing the hs cups to fit
> up inside of the headtubes more. you can't tell unless
> the cups are removed. but compare it to any nervex
> or dubois or bocama lugged frame that is only faced
> across it's surface, rather than bored, and it'll be obvious.
> re: ric h. no news at all. smart guy. great friend. he'll
> end up on top. probably has aready. how 'bout an
> a.p.b. for ric hjertberg. he and jon are certainly part
> of the classic timeline.
> e-RICHIE
> p.s. sorry i omitted dave's letter at the bottom here.