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That bike was the BOMB. Absolutely immaculate machine. Honored to be first to ride it for its singlespeed debut, through Berlin sand no less. This old fart did his best to avoid the tattoo. ;) Thanks again, Holger! -Joe

In 1982, I drew up the Breezer head badge with a nod to our roots: the soulful 1930s and 40s Schwinns, which we resurrected for a good time on Tam and Repack. The badge shares the same outline as the early Schwinn Excelsior head plates. With 1990s Breezers, I went a step further by adding the...

Thanks, Martin. And thanks for posting this thread. Here are some pics of a frame I built in 1991. Fairfax Pat was working with Mert Lawwill on the Lawwill Leader fork. I made this frame to fit the fork's 17.25" length. I had it done in time for our trip to the October 1991 Moab fest. I...

No, it did not. I was pretty high on the Kite for awhile and considered making more, but in the end it was more than I cared to bite off. Word of the Kite got around far and wide. An engineer involved with I. M. Pei's Louvre pyramid and America's Cup sailboats called me to suggest a way to...

Here are two Kite photos by Brian Fessenden. After Mush Emmons moved to Brazil, Brian shot our Breezers (and many other brands). Paint is by master builder and painter, Ed Litton. He put stars in the night sky. Those dropouts are my first with the 3D "Breeze In"-like shape. I got the...

John, 1986 American Breezer frames had conventional chainstays--two separate tubes with a bridge. The 1987-90 AB frames had loop stays. This gave more chainwheel clearance. On the Browning system each chainwheel had a hinged quadrant. The extra clearance allowed the quadrant to swing inward...

Here are two Kite photos by Brian Fessenden. After Mush Emmons moved to Brazil Brian shot our Breezers (and many others). Paint is by master builder and painter, Ed Litton. He put stars in the night sky. Those dropouts are my first with the 3D "Breeze In"-like shape. I got the idea from...

Too kind. I already used my "regular guy" card on this thread or somewhere on RB or MTBR, but I think there's truth there. Anyway, so I love bikes. Maybe you'll find some in my Breezer Kite from 1989. BTW, you might notice that the brake in the photo on the call-out card is different from...

Holy Cow! Old Ned, you have my attention. I do not have a copy of this International Cycle Sport (it was on newsstands in the US), but certainly do remember the story. Wow, to be in a European bike magazine. I was a stunned 17 year old. Oddly enough (and what are the chances?) I saw a...

This is a 1988 American Breezer. In 1986 I teamed up with American, builders of some nice aluminum MTBs in St. Cloud, Minnesota. I went with mid-size aluminum as the big tubes were getting a rep for beating you up. The American Breezers help up well. This one is not mine, but I built it up for a...

Breezer Venturi bikes and frames were made from 1993 through 1998. Venturis are compact frames (shorter ST vs. TT). Like a MTB, they are laterally rigid, yet vertically compliant. They were some of the first road frames like this, and more than a few roadies got tripped up buying for seat...

That is polished (Reynolds) steel and only polished steel. The frame is as sculpture -- still on the stand I made for it in 1980. -Joe

Lordy! They were built to be ridden. But wonderful to see a '96 in near stock, mint condition! -Joe

I don't suppose there will be many (any?) UK postings of Breezers much before 1991, so here's my 1982 Breezer. The differences between 1980 and 1982 Breezer frames are minor. 1980 and 81 had obvious collars at the end of the head tube and seat tube. 1982-85 had internal reinforcement at HT...

Okay, let's start at the beginning: Here's me with Breezer #1 just after winning Repack in 1977. Finish is red oxide primer. Painted it blue soon after. -Joe

Thank you, beagle. And to The Ken, thanks for the offer, I've only prepared four more anyway. But hey, maybe I'll employ your services yet! In this posting: --The polished steel frame I made for a sculpture show in 1980. --The black one with chrome lugs I made in 1982. All photos are...

Yes, we did drift off topic. To get back to CK's initial off-the-offroad topic, here are a few pics of 'Joe Breeze' road bikes I was building around the time of my 'Breezer' mountain bikes. The blue one is Marc Vendetti's first one from 1976. The one CK posted was Marc's from 1977. In 1973...

Well, I have see the brite site, but I was hoping to learn more than they post. I'd inquire at the Midlands Veterans Cycle Club, but I haven't found any online contact information for them. I figure I'll limit my bike ogling to that one event, if it'll be worthwhile. Are there good bike...

I'm from out of town. Does anyone know anything about the: Midland Veteran Cycle Club display at Snowshill Manor, Snowshill on 26 Jun 10 ?? -Joe Breeze

Ritchey tandem [img]Let's see if I can upload these.... As our 1976 trans-con attempt, our 1979 attempt ended short too. However that bike was built. In fact (in fat), I had Ritchey incorporate my Breezer twin-lateral bridge design into this tandem. When Otis and I visited Tom Ritchey in...