Re: [CR] Braxton handling and frame design

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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:41:22 -0800 (PST)
From: "Dr. Paddle" <drpaddle@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <50336.72.160.56.166.1295324342.squirrel@72.160.56.166>
Subject: Re: [CR] Braxton handling and frame design


Thanks to everyone for the discussion of Braxton frames and of the man himself. He was a very impressive character. I met Sam and Shirley while passing through on Bikecentennial, and wrote a first order with them then. They were customers from then on. I so loved that part of the country! I've cycled all over the US, but that area is the best. Even had a fantasy of buying the Antlers Cafe in Wisdom Montana -- likely not a good idea for a city boy from a place where it never snows.

BTW, my Braxton was a conventional looking frame with the shifters on the headtube. It had 700c wheels by request. I don't recall the head angle or other geometry, though I'm sure I have Sam's design sheet somewhere. Maybe it will surface someday. Kevin Montgomery San Diego California