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very interesting, thanks for sharing
very interesting, thanks for sharing
1987 Cameron Rebuild & Wiki - A Wee Face Lift
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Re: 1987-88 Cameron Rebuild and Wiki - The Unknown Canadian MTB
Great history, and nice looking frame. Look at the welding Cunningham did on ALL the frames he built, Cameron's welding was WAY better. During the early 90's I owned an Ellison Aluminum frame, Ellison built them in his Garage in Houston, and heat treated them in a pizza oven, his welding wasn't near as nice as your Cameron. Keep us up on your build please.
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Great history, and nice looking frame. Look at the welding Cunningham did on ALL the frames he built, Cameron's welding was WAY better. During the early 90's I owned an Ellison Aluminum frame, Ellison built them in his Garage in Houston, and heat treated them in a pizza oven, his welding wasn't near as nice as your Cameron. Keep us up on your build please.
Cheers
Re: 1987-88 Cameron Rebuild and Wiki - The Unknown Canadian MTB
Haha ... Pizza oven.
I've never seen a cunningham close enough to inspect the welds. Likely never will. At $10K a pop I couldn't afford admission to see one
! They look nice from a far. This costs me 98.5% less. A "poor mans Cunningham"
Parts are coming together. I'll likely never complete this one with all the original parts, but it will be on the trail in a month or so. Mix of Xt730-732 and a functional set of RS1s I've been saving for something special.
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Haha ... Pizza oven.
I've never seen a cunningham close enough to inspect the welds. Likely never will. At $10K a pop I couldn't afford admission to see one
! They look nice from a far. This costs me 98.5% less. A "poor mans Cunningham" Parts are coming together. I'll likely never complete this one with all the original parts, but it will be on the trail in a month or so. Mix of Xt730-732 and a functional set of RS1s I've been saving for something special.
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Your frame (design wise) doesn't look like an 80s design/build, almost all offerings from that period leave me stone cold.... But yours is nice
Great history as well
Looking forward to reading more, lets hope Roy comes good on the scanned copy
Your frame (design wise) doesn't look like an 80s design/build, almost all offerings from that period leave me stone cold.... But yours is nice
Great history as well
Looking forward to reading more, lets hope Roy comes good on the scanned copy
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It will be cool to see a 1994 Full Suspension Cameron. Apparently he was doing all his design work on the cpu and he was able to use his connections with, or worked for some big Ontario based engineering firms. I bet a lot of his parts were after hours jobs that he could do because he could both design in CAD and run the machinery. The cnc work on the cable guides is nuts. I'd think you would need to produce 1000s to make it cost effective in 1987. Harv made 100? 150? frames total ... In 20+ years? The frames were very expensive at cycle logic but not reflective of what the real cost would be if Harv was actually paying real production costs.
Hopefully more frames and parts surface. I do have a good chance of seeing one of the 1994 Cameron FS bikes. Hopefully I can take some pics. They weren't built by Harv but it was his design.
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It will be cool to see a 1994 Full Suspension Cameron. Apparently he was doing all his design work on the cpu and he was able to use his connections with, or worked for some big Ontario based engineering firms. I bet a lot of his parts were after hours jobs that he could do because he could both design in CAD and run the machinery. The cnc work on the cable guides is nuts. I'd think you would need to produce 1000s to make it cost effective in 1987. Harv made 100? 150? frames total ... In 20+ years? The frames were very expensive at cycle logic but not reflective of what the real cost would be if Harv was actually paying real production costs.
Hopefully more frames and parts surface. I do have a good chance of seeing one of the 1994 Cameron FS bikes. Hopefully I can take some pics. They weren't built by Harv but it was his design.
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Re: 1987-88 Cameron Rebuild and Wiki - The Unknown Canadian MTB
Great find and nice write up, and I remember that cover. It's a pity I threw all my magazines out 10 years ago....
I'm signing up for this build!
Great find and nice write up, and I remember that cover. It's a pity I threw all my magazines out 10 years ago....
I'm signing up for this build!
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The smallest hurdle has been overcome. I will never find Harv's original studs, but these will do the trick. I need to shorten them a bit, but I will have rear brakes!
The front derailleur trickery, bar/stem and fork ... I may never find. :cry:
The smallest hurdle has been overcome. I will never find Harv's original studs, but these will do the trick. I need to shorten them a bit, but I will have rear brakes!
The front derailleur trickery, bar/stem and fork ... I may never find. :cry:
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