JabberingJimbo":yx8d2s94 said:I'm sure D-W-S will be chuckling over a cuppa with the fighting going on about one of his bikes, he never followed a trend or fashion, he just built what HE thought to be the best he could with what was available.
Hi to Geoff and Graham, been many, many years since we last met, like 20+ !
Nastro62, Check the spoke length inside the rim before you put the tape on as I spend many summers sat in his garden rethreading hundreds of spokes to fit the 'odd' rims as various lengths were not so common back then. The silly things we do as kids, re threading spokes! at least I learnt how to build wheels by the end of it
Most of the other concerns, like the BB axle, can be fixed for sure, these bikes were built with basic mills, lathes or hand tools with the odd machine shop part, and lots of skill & imagination...
Even I'm laughing at the new trend of 29's and now 27.5!!! Maybe D-W-S was right
Billybob2":212mvect said:I would of loved to see what sort of bikes,they would be building today, had they never gone from the industry,they for sure would have had a loyal following,and am certain something new in the mtb world.
GrahamJohnWallace":12onf8cp said:Billybob2":12onf8cp said:I would of loved to see what sort of bikes,they would be building today, had they never gone from the industry,they for sure would have had a loyal following,and am certain something new in the mtb world.
Don't know what he's building at the moment, but in 2004 he built this:
Complex for sure, but probably the most comfortable ride of any bicycle ever made. A softly sprung long travel suspension system but without the transmission and braking issues you might expect.
nastro62":vt4h1krt said:I hope Chris Bell doesn't mind me sharing this. When I recently made an enquiry to Highpath for info on the BB, he said that Dave stopped making anything several years ago.
Thanks for that Graham. It's the only thing I fear breaking on the Highpath, not that I've ever broken a BB axle ever before.GrahamJohnWallace":33r7p8c1 said:nastro62":33r7p8c1 said:I hope Chris Bell doesn't mind me sharing this. When I recently made an enquiry to Highpath for info on the BB, he said that Dave stopped making anything several years ago.
Officially Dave has retired. If he does build things these days it is for himself. About 18 months ago, the bottom bracket axle on my 1988 Highpath snapped. Dave did offer to do some simple but high precision turning for me, but he never got around to it. In the end I worked out a way of turning part the part myself. I still have the jig if anyone ever wants to fit a Phil Woods' bottom bracket cartridge into a Highpath shell.