The Custom Bicycle: PDF of 1979 book

[Frank]

"The Custom Bicycle", circa 1979, provides information on the construction of high end bikes and the thoughts of some of the builders:

http://icelord.net/bike/thecustombicycle.pdf

I saw this on the Classic and Vintage Forum and thought some of you might be interested.

[L84dinr]

wow a step back into the time machine.

this was my bible growing up. Stuck in wichita KS i didn't have a lot of help setting up a bike. I read this book cover to cover and tried to emulate the setups for toe clips, handle bars, etc...

[rwsaunders]

That was nice of you Frank.

[Dekonick]

Cool link. Thanks!

[dirtdigger88]

page 11

tubes are joined by JUGS?

Jassssson

[Frank]

page 11

tubes are joined by JUGS?

Jassssson

That's Fee Waybill, lead singer for The Tubes, and looks as if he is joined on stage by jugs :D

[mcteague]

Wow, a blast from MY past. I have a copy of that book on my shelf. After reading it cover to cover I ended up ordering a Condor Italia as the dollar to pound rate was very favorable back then. That Condor was still one of my favorite bikes. It was destroyed when a car made a left hand turn in front of me. The Eddy Merckx I replaced it with did not ride as well. Thanks for the memories. I somehow doubt any of us will be wistful about the many carbon brands available today.

Tim McTeague