Re: [CR] Nagasawa love ?

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From: "Andrew R Stewart" <onetenth@earthlink.net>
To: "paccoastcycles" <paccoastcycles@sbcglobal.net>, "Grant Mclean" <grant.mclean@sympatico.ca>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:04:54 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR] Nagasawa love ?


Chuck- Your story reminds me of the claims of fixed gear riders who say they're "better" riders because they don't coast. Andy.


----- Original Message -----
From: paccoastcycles
To: Grant Mclean


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [CR] Nagasawa love ?


> This story involves two framebuilders, sort of. In my shop was a
> framebuilder and a frame from another framebuilder. I was enthusing about
> the frame from the absent one to the one who was present. Present
> framebuilder is dismissive of the frame from absentee because he says, the
> stay ends are done in an easier to achieve fashion than the way he does
> it. True story. You may know one or both of these framebuilders.
>
> It was more than thirty years ago that that happened. I like the way the
> absentee frame builder finished his stay ends more than I do the ones the
> other guy uses. Neither way would cause me to like or dislike a frame.
>
> It is an odd concept to me that a framebuilder would see a way of doing
> something as "better" because it is harder to do.
>
> Chuck Hoefer
> Pacific Coast Cycles
> Oceanside, Ca.
>
>

Andrew R Stewart
Rochester, NY