Re: [CR] Was: Match Bicycle Co built tourer. Now: Tim Isaac

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From: "Eugene Powell" <radfin@SpiritOne.com>
To: oroboyz@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:58:25 -0700
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Subject: Re: [CR] Was: Match Bicycle Co built tourer. Now: Tim Isaac


Someone on the list provided me with contact info in China, apparently he's at Giant now.

Still looking for '76 Olympic team photos and information. I have a '76 Tim Isaac with a number tag and very distinctive proportions (57cm seat tube, 53cm top). I'd love to know who this frame was made for and find some original decals.

Gene Powell Rad Finishes Portland, Oregon USA

On Jun 3, 2010, at 4:54 AM, oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
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> Tim is a very nice guy; I worked with Trek way back when he was
> brought in to design their bikes and oversee production. That should
> have been late 1970s, 1980-ish? He was at ABG (Litespeed, etc.) in
> Chattanooga but that was a few years ago and I know he had moved on
> from that situation.
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> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Samson <brsamson@telus.net>
> To: Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 3, 2010 1:54 am
> Subject: Re: [CR] Cirque preview - Match Bicycle Co built tourer.
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> Last year I bought a late 70s T S Isaac frame on ebay. I searched
> for Tim Isaac on the internet and eventually found some contact info
> for his current business in China (camera parts I think). I sent
> him an email and to my surprise he replied within about a half
> hour. He seemed very friendly and was able to tell me what all the
> numbers stamped in my frame set meant. It's a very nice frame too.
>
> Brian Samson
> Vancouver, BC, Canada
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> On 2-Jun-10, at 7:00 PM, Jim Merz wrote:
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>> Two comments. Does anyone know where Tim is? I build touring bikes
>> for
>> Beckman back in the Merz Mfg. days. He made really nice bags.
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>> Jim Merz
>> Big Sur CA
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>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Michael Schmidt <mdschmidt56@verizon.net
>> > >wrote:
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>>> Back in the 90's, Match Bicycle's Tim Issac took on a request from
>>> >> Bruce
>>> Gordon's former collaborator, Robert Beckman to build a top shelf
>>> >> heavy
>>> duty