Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bringing bikes back to photography - Every summer there is a ride down in California called the Markleeville Death Ride, which, barring any injury or temporary return of sanity, I'll be doing on my Eisentraut with my IIIf and 50/3.5 Elmar in my jersey pocket. Any LUGGERS interested in joining in the "fun" should let me know. Wheels will be a 28 hole GEL 280 with Wheelsmith oval spokes 3x on the front and a 36 hole GL 330 with DT 15/16 spokes 3x on the back. Embarrassingly enough I did not build the wheels up myself, the front was found used and cheap and the rear I had a local mechanic build. Oddly enough, I haven't given much thought to building my own wheels, but I have strongly considered having a go at building a frameset. Perhaps Mr. White will offer framebuilding classes at a discount to BLUG members. Tom " who prefers a custom steel American road racer" Finnegan