Re: [CR]Little known builders; Sam Braxton

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:31:37 -0700
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Little known builders; Sam Braxton
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


You're right I'm not old enough to have read everything, just everything from about '87 and only bits and pieces from the ten years prior. I actually grew up about 100 West of him in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and ever heard of him until I moved to Seattle and worked with a guy named Monty"Montana"Pirtle who worked for him way back. It doesn't surprise me that he was close to the BikeCentennial folks since from what I've heard they were founded in his shop. Anyway he's just one of those people I'm fascinated by. SO if anyone has the aforementioned articles I'll be more than happy to trade for an Art Stump aricle or something. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>In a message dated 6/13/2001 2:09:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>monkey37@bluemarble.net writes:
>
><< The guy I started with, Sam
> Braxton, has never to my knowledge had anything writeen about him in the
> cycling press and only 2 other people on the list have even heard of
> him. >>
>
>
>You guys are just not old enough... Braxton had a bit or two about him in
>the old Bike World and was pretty well known to BikeCentennial riders. He was
>also known to be grumpy to the extreme at times and hard nosed about his bike
>designs... Not that that is bad!!!!
>
>Dale Brown
>Greensboro, NC
>
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