Re: [CR]Venoration of classic bike builders

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

To: Wornoutguy@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 22:31:36 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Venoration of classic bike builders
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>


i think you mean 'venerate'. e-RICHIE

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 22:05:59 EST Wornoutguy@aol.com writes:
> Maybe my post will sound like I am just jealous but is it really that
> hard to
> build a bike frame? Or could it be that it is too much work for
> what you
> earn doing it? I started out in the classic auto restoration
> business and
> believe me making some old rusty hunk of junk into a show vehicle is
> no easy
> task (though not as difficult as building a bike frame) Every shop I
> know of
> that had been around forever doing show quality work got out of it
> to do
> collision repair since that is where the money is. I have a feeling
> the bike
> industry is the same way. I may be wrong but my gut feeling is that
> many of
> us could be master frame builders but it doesn't pay enough to feed
> our
> families. Not only that who would teach us. Sam D.