RE: [CR]Zurich

(Example: Racing)

Subject: RE: [CR]Zurich
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 18:15:01 -0700
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "Steve Maas" <bikestuff@nonlintec.com>, "JBFroke" <bonnefont@mac.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Jean Brun's shop in Geneva is supposed to be pretty good, if it's still there (I have not been, only heard about it) One list member visited the shop in September of '05.

I once got to work on a mid-50s Jean Brun racing bike that was really swell, beautiful workmanship. I understand the framebuilding was contacted out, not made in-house. According to the owner of this bike I saw, it was made for the Swiss team at the 1956 Olympics, or maybe it was a World Championships around then, memory fades... But if they sponsored the Swiss National Team, that's fairly big time for a bike shop. They also sold house-brand cheaper bikes, that have been discussed here before, check the archives if interested.

Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA

Steve Maas wrote:
>
> Good suggestion. I should've thought of that. But he is in Basel, isn't
> he? Still, only about an hour's train trip; just right for a one-day
> outing.
>
> JBFroke wrote:
> > Before you go to Switzerland, study speedbicycles.com and correspond
> > with its illustrious curator Stefan, my hero in the world of vintage
> > bicycle preservation and interpretation.