A friend and former bike shop owner was driving down a street in town and saw two bikes with a free sign parked in front of a house. He knocked on the door of the house and talked to a woman that confirmed that indeed, these bikes were being given away-one was GT and the other was this oddity.
The finder of the bikes was concerned that perhaps they had been stolen some years ago and called me up to schedule a visit so that I could look up in my records to see who the owner of this one was. I looked up in my old lists and found t6he owner- a name in a distant memory-an industry person. I only built these frames out of Bontrager surplus tubing for industry people , folks who might not have bought a handbuilt frame unless the price was really , really low. I sold these unpainted for $ 400 as I could throw one together in a few hours. I think that this particular one took longer than a few hours.
This design was meant to make a 26" wheel bike that had standover for a sub 5' rider.The main frame is much like a Cannondale and also like some suspension frames I built for Mike Ahrens (ADG) . The customer was one of Mikes friends as a matter of fact. If it is determined that this bike is not stolen, it will be for sale. Stay tuned.
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