Bruce is really one of my heros and the first time I talked to him he was "Doug Johnson" or some other innocuous name. The second time I knew who he was, but didn't mention it. He did let me get a SOPWAMTOS shirt and even though it's now totally greasy and has some holes it's still a great industry keepsake. Alas I did at some point loose my "I've been personally insulted by Bruce Gordon" button that someone gave me, though not Bruce. I think it a great thing that he's been able to play by his own rules for so long in the fickle bike industry. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Jeanette Bell wrote:
> Ken,
> The guy you talked to sounds a lot like BG hisself. One of his favorite
> pastimes at those trade shows is to impersonate anybody but him. I have
> impersonated him myself by trading eyeglasses and schmoozing potential customers
> while BG stood in the background looking stupid. Some people also thought we
> were brothers with the same mother, different fathers. BG is easily amused at
> boring trade shows, so if you find yourself talking to a cranky machinist with a
> penchant for bullshit who says he's not Bruce Gordon, it's probably him!
> Joe Bell
> (BG lookalike contest winner)
>
> Kenneth Wallace wrote:
>
> > At the Anaheim show a few years ago, I was talking to someone at Bruce
> > Gordon's booth. I have a lugged Gordon and asked about the price of a
> > lugged frame. Gordon wanted $3200 for a lugged frams (acording to this guy)
> > because he had burned out his lungs not wearing a mask, and if he had to
> > strap one on to do a brazed frame, he wanted a lot of money,
> >
> > Ken Wallace in sunny Phoenix (Oh, wait, that's redundant)