Richard Sachs worked at Witcomb Lightweight Cycles in London. He refers to this in a informative interview at:
http://www.richardsachs.com/
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> Thomas,
> Thank you for the welcome and I shall attempt to give what information I can
> recall. AENDE cycles was in Mansfield and a one man operation in Alan
> Braithwait. He specialized in lightweight TT frames and it seems was in
> business until the late 90s. My frame is typical of his stylings of the 70s
> with drilled out steertube, lugs and the Campag vertical dropouts were
> thinned, profiled and also drilled out. This is a road bike but his TT bikes
> were spectacular with drilling and slots everywhere. They also had the
> mandatory fag paper clearance and ultra short wheelbase.
> Alan was typical of many UK builders that don't get much press overseas.
> Custom frames were the norm and an off the peg frame would only be suitable
> for a hack bike or if you had a sponsors bike. The more obscure builders were
> the most desirable to get the latest and fastest that no one else had. We
> would go to London to Condor or Holdsworth and although you could get a custom
> frame from them they were much too well known for my mates and myself.
> This is bringing back lots of memories of going to all the local builders over
> the years and just hanging out wasting their time. I remember skipping school
> once and headed for Witcomb cycles. One of my teammates knew Barry and asked
> if he had and opening for an apprentice. He was willing to hire me but had
> just brought someone on from the US and I would have to wait for an opening. I
> have always wondered who that could have been. My parents moved to the US
> shortly after that and I reluctantly went with them.
> Thanks for the enquiry and if I can answer anything else I shall try.
> Gregory Townsend
> Monrovia Ca
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> Phil Brown
> Sprinkling in San Rafael
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