Gang,
This reminds me of the article in Bicycle Guide about Albert Eisentraut. Another guy with his mojo working, and, as he said, "balancing his checkbook with mirrors". He wondered aloud about what was so romantic raising a family on something like 12K a year, even in the late 80's (I think) that's poverty.
On the Nagasawa thread, those aren't cast drop outs on the road frame, just on the track.
Grant McLean toronto.Ca
E-Richie wrote: i am completeley blown away by the t rawson post text exposing the hetchins history. i never knew how all those tens of 1000s of lugs were cut; i never really pondered it. but i never understood how their business model could survive if each lug was 'lovingly' massaged by hand, thus imparting some of the maker's soul into the finished product.from reading the text, it appears as if cutting one lug at a time by hand was almost never done, 'ceptin for show frames or prototypes. i meeeean, where _is_ the mojo!!!??