Joe Starck wrote:
> From: John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Unknown KOF's
>
>> Tim Isaac was a respected independent builder before
>> he started at Trek.
>>
>> Don't forget Dave Tesch -- he started at Trek about a
>> year before Joe.
>> And a lot of Trek brazers moved to Paramount and then
>> to Waterford:
>> Chris Fiorini, Dave Tupy, and Bill Phelps come to mind
>> here.
> John,
> Dave Tesch started at Trek about a year or so after I
> did, and he left about a year before I did.
You may be right about that. I got all you young whippersnappers mixed
up sometimes.
> Of Tim Isaac, I'm sure you'd agree, It'd be nice to
> read a bigger picture here -- as big as it takes --
> some day:
> http://classicrendezvous.com/
>
> I remember an aero-tubed show bike Isaac made at Trek,
> fitted with Shimano's aero-group debut, was it 1981?
> The big fish at Shimano, the owner or president, I
> forget his name, purchased the bike, notably because
> it was painted the exact shade of red of the sun on
> the Japanese Flag. I'm pretty sure it was this bike,
> I don't think it was another, anyway Isaac told me
> about it. I wonder if pics can be found?
IIRC, it ended up in the Shimano museum in Japan. That was a sweet bike.
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA