Peter,
Glad you found the hubs you were looking for. I can call off my search
now. My next step in looking through my pile would have taken me under
my house where some of my old stuff is. It's dark down there and there
might be spiders......
Anxious to see your bike. A time machine (no pun intended), no doubt.
It's a great feeling as a framebuilder to bring a very old bike out of
mothballs for people to see and for you to relive some of your old
memories. Most of us have built a variety of bikes in our earlier
years as we experimented with designs and built bikes for our special
purposes.
I can hardly wait to get to the Cirque this year. As you promise,
Peter, there are going to be some REALLY special and unusual bikes
there this year. I promise!!
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
I believe I have my hubs,,, I wanted to thank all of you that picked through the piles, rummaged
around in boxes, and let me know what you had...This list is so great,
and
so helpful, thanks again.
In our conversations a few of you let on what you were going to bring
to
this years Cirque,,, I was sworn to secrecy,,, there will be some
pretty
special bikes on display, a couple that haven't been shown before. This is going to be a good one, ,,, if you're on the fence about
attending
or not,, jump down and come on over. Dale was clever saving the
Drillium and
Fancy lugs for last,,, sounds like the goods will be delivered!!!
The 24 hole hubs will go on my 70's time trial bike. I sold the
original
wheels to a friend years ago... I kept the rest of the parts so the
build
will be pretty easy. This bike was inspired by the bikes I saw when I rode in England for
CC
Bexley. A single front chainring (large) was customary, minimalist brakes to
slow
you down were all that was needed. The frame is lugless construction, it features a short top tube,,
loooong
stem to get more weight on the front wheel to reduce rolling
resistance. It
has very short chainstays with a crease in the back of the seat tube
for
tire clearance. Many of the parts are drilled out, more for style than anything else,
I did
these back in the day. Color is clean white,,,, most of the cool TT bikes I saw over there
were
painted that way. Alf Enger's, Mick Ballard , Burt Strong all seemed
to have
pristine white bikes that glistened in the sunlight,. So my bike is sort of a time warp for me...It takes me back when I
look at
it,,those were good times over there!
Peter Weigle
Lyme, Ct.