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Originally Posted by look 171
There are a bunch of them in Italy as well as many other countries. I am talking about the legends who hand down their torch to their sons or workmen so the name continues.
A neighbor down the street, a cinematographer was in Taiwan shooting a film. He jsut happened to come across a steel frame builder walking distance to his filming location. He couldn't resist and had a frame built. It is a beautiful looking bike. Took a few days to finish and painted orange with the builder's name near the back of the top tube written in Chinese. Something you don't see daily around here. It is a typical traditional looking frame with slightly over size downtube. It gets ridden all the time. According to him, it tracks fine and feel like any Italian frames he's ridden but its no DeRosa, that's all. He paid 400.00 US for it. Deal of the century imo.
By the way, you know anyone down here? I need a drop out replaced. It is bent and has a crack, pulled inward by the chain that was caught. I left email for couple people, but none returned emails. Is been some time since I looked. Given up almost.
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Don’t know anyone down there, sorry. Up until 3 weeks ago, I was in NorCal and worked for Paul Component Engineering for the past 30 years. Amongst the builders I know/knew would be Ross at Salsa, Bruce Gordon (RIP), Curtis at Retrotec, the Sycip brothers, Sean at Soulcraft, etc. Some “newer” builders that do great work would be Tyler at BTCHN, Adam at Sklar, and Cam at Falconer. Granted, most of these guys focus on more of the mountain/adventure bike side of things, but they’ll build you pretty much whatever. I’m sure if you asked at your local shop they could recommend someone to replace a dropout.
Good luck!
