Curt's info seems correct. I went out to see Glenn about 5-6 years ago to order a pair of bikes and ended up spending about four days in and out of Glenn's shop. During a ride, Glenn did say that Angel never built frames at R&E, along with the same info about the Erickson name on all singles and the Rodriquez name on the tandems. For what it's worth, Angel is now on the board of directors at REI, the large retailer based in Seattle. And Glenn is still building beautiful frames, as well as running his cycle tour business. He basically builds from mid-October thru late June, then departs for Europe to lead cycle tours for 3 1/2 months. Not bad, eh?
Dave Patrick Chelsea, Michigan
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of goodrichbikes Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 2:04 PM To: Brandon Ives; Classic Rendezvous Subject: Re: [CR]Bicycling Article on small Frame builders
I did work there but not during that time. That seems accurate from what Glenn Erickson told me. I think the line about Angel hanging out with Alex Singer is a bunch of B.S. Mark Bulgier was there in the early years and has told me some funny stories about his tenure there.
Curt Goodrich
Minneapolis, MN
> On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 05:21AM, ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> >Angel Rodriguez - Rodriguez Custom Frames
>
> So does anyone know when Angel started building? The way I heard it, when
> I lived in Seattle, was Angel and Glenn Erickson started R&E cycles in the
> early 70s together. The touring bikes and tandems where named after Angel
> and the racing bikes after Glenn. Angel was the business side and did
> some design work but Glenn ran the frame shop and did the building. This
> could be wrong, so could some one straighten me out? I hate to pass on
> inaccurate information, and I know a few listies were there at the time.
> thanks,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> Misses the emerald city and its
> overcast skys while sitting at a
> desk in sunny 70 degree
> Santa Barbara, Ca.
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