Bikes of America (and Canada!)

[Canuk]

Tesch model C Record

 

[Canuk]

Tesch 'Ferrari Fly'

 

[Canuk]

Tesch model #101

 

[Canuk]

Cecil Behringer

 

[Canuk]

Another track frame

 

[Canuk]

TT Aero bike

 

[Canuk]

His milled and drilled seat posts were legendary. Cecil started building frames in 1936. He became interested in constructing frames during his time as a track racer specializing in 6 day races. Cecil was an aerospace metallurgist (PhD) whose specialty was joining the impossible. His company held 116 of his patents, which a few of which I know are: silver butter, TiN coating, and silver-brazing titanium.

 

[Canuk]

Road bike

 

[Mohawk]

Dave Moulton started his frame building career in England and then moved to the USA. He built frames in New Jersey for the Fraysse family’s “Paris Sport” marque before moving on to southern California.

In the early 1980s he introduced a more affordable model under the Fuso label. Many USA frame builders consider Dave their mentor and a “master builder.” He has since retired from frame building completely and is a successful author.

 

[Mohawk]

Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mark Nobilette began building bicycle frames in 1973 by enrolling in a 2 week Albert Eisentraut frame class in Chicago. He then worked for a year with Eisentraut. He has made many frames under his own brand, and also for GT, Fisher, Schwinn, Renи Herse, Zinn, Rivendell, VeloCult and others.