A few years ago when I took him my Trek for alignment and fork re-raking (and to buy my wife's off-topic Breezer) he had two steel aero bikes. One was built for Lon Haldeman for one of his RAAM runs, and the other was for a female distance rider. Lately he was telling me about the series of winning track frames he's built.
Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:42 PM, donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Since I'm fresh back from a visit to a local frame builder (10 mins
> ago), with my repaired frame (new top tube), I thought I'd comment on
> this question ....
>
> I second the recommendation for Ron Boi at RRB cycles in Chicago. His
> moniker on ebay is "13ron" :
>
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> He runs an ebay store named something like, "Trek 2a Bicycle Store"
> (now "Truck 2A Bicycle Store 4Tires"). He has been building frames
> since the mid 1970's and he recently sent me some pictures of an aero
> time-trial frame that he made from steel.
>
> Another choice is Franklin Frames of Ohio, Dale recommends those guys
> a lot.
>
> http://home.windstream.net/
>
> The problem of repairing seatstays in such an old bike might be in
> finding the right type of seat stays. Most seat stays start out at a
> certain diameter, maybe 10-15 mm, then they bulge in the middle for
> the brake bridge, then they shrink back down:
>
> http://www.novacycles.com/
>
> 11mm / 15mm - double taper (wider in middle)
> 14mm / 14mm - double taper (wider in middle)
> 14mm / 10.5mm - single taper
> 17mm / 12.5mm - single taper
> 16mm / 12.5mm - single taper
>
> There are a zillion possibilities, but sadly, not very many of them
> are being made today, especially the "pencil" stays. You might want
> to measure your seat stay diameters and lengths before you contact
> someone about having the frame repaired. Better yet, find the parts
> online and take them with you to the frame builder.
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, cA, USA