[Jdub]

Hey all:

I built bicycle frames for 13 years here in Seattle - Erickson and Rodriguez.

Steel frames, fillet or lugged, silver or brass, take your pick. With the velodrome close by but mountains all around we'd build pretty much everything from MTBs to 76parallel track frames. My mongrel frame uses El, 753, and Pista .06 straightguage, all oversize. It is under 19lbs and is a 60cm! I am trying to break it but I don't have the hill legs I used to!

That said, I recommend you speak with Dave Levy at Ti Cycles here in Seattle. A very good builder and his bikes are top notch.

Fignon was such a wuss on that TT. He fell over for the cameras at the end of the TT with showmanship and victory in his head. He got up awful quick when he was informed he had lost Le Tour. I had to laugh.

I also thought Hinault was a prick to break free on the Alps (d'huez?) and try to wrestle the win from Lemond. That after Lemond was in a position to take the Tour the year before but brought back to the peleton via Director's orders.

Go Armstrong!

John