I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Dazza personally, but I have seen his work. He Darrell/Dazza, or should I say one of his frames, won this year's Cirque award for best lugs. You cand see pics at:
http://www.raydobbins.com/
About half-way down on this page you'll find a few pics of his frame. If you are fond of beautiful lugs (and who here isn't), it is worth a gander.
Ray Dobbins Miami Florida
Dan Kehew <dan.kehew@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Cheers from My rant is over and I got to go to work downstairs Dazza.
>
> Dazza = Darrell Llewellyn McCulloch, 27 years with frame building, ten
> years plus as on and off national team mechanic and I have so much more
> to learn, but I love it. Total tragic, but I promise, I will never post
> again.
> {as this is my first and only ever posting after many months of reading,
> I hope I sent it the correct way}
Gladdies (as he would say), if you don't lurk on framebuilding lists and have managed not to surf the web looking at custom builders, and even ignored prior pointers from Kirk Pacenti on CR steering you to lovely images of Dazza's work, pour yerself a glass of Australian red wine and visit:
This is the Austrialian take on what Dale means by "Keeper of the Flame." Looking forward to meeting him at next year's North American Hand Made Bicycle Show (where North American refers to the show and not the builders, thank goodness).
Dan Kehew, Davis CA