david found one of those in a box of stuff a guy dumped off a couple of years ago. he later told me he used it for 18 months to rehabilitate a knee injury and that it worked well for him! it is obviously well used. there were a couple of other durham specific items in that box. can't recall what they were right now. peace sarah kansas city where it rains sideways at 50mph
>From: "Diane Feldman" <feldmanbike@home.com>
>To: <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: Subject: [CR] Little known builders
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:49:01 -0700
>
>Ever seen one of his football-shaped, super-oval chainrings?
>David Feldman
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 5:05 PM
>Subject: Subject: [CR] Little known builders
>
>
> > Hey, I've know of one... (he said, waving his arm around at the back of
> > the classroom)
> >
> > Roger Durham (of red anodized, sealed-bearing, aluminum pulley fame; aka
> > Bullseye). Kind of a rocket-scientist type frame builder and rider.
> > Asthetics were not his strong point.
> >
> > Back in the mid-70s I met him at the Rose Bowl training race (fast,
> > _serious_, twice weekly, 32 mile crit that dates back to the mid-30s).
> > He would show up in his khaki long trowsers with brogans riding a large
> > diameter tube, tig welded, aluminum frame of his own making, with
> > plastic faring on the front (early Brown Zipper?), a _seat_ faring, and
> > wood platform pedals (no toeclips) and proceed to hang in at the Bowl!!!
> >
> > He taught a class at his home on building your own large diameter tube,
> > tig welded, aluminum frame like his. I think the class was free. He
> > lived in Silverlake (suburb of L.A. near Griffths Park) that was always
> > a pretty Bohemian area with a lot of artists.
> >
> > Roger was a bachelor then and worked on his bikes in his living room. I
> > remember the rug was pretty much soaked with oil in the middle! This
> > was before he turned Bullseye into a real business with the pulleys,
> > cranks and hubs; I think his wife was pretty much responsible for
> > whipping him into shape businesswise.
> >
> > And yes, he was building these Klein-lookalikes before Gary Klein and
> > the MIT thesis; at least as early as the early-1970s.
> >
> > Chuck Schmidt
> > South Pasadena (breezy 82°), California