So "Ind-Chuckz" been pedaling these Workman frames in the "for sale" section like a candy pusher at an elementary school playground... and I went in for two of them! Well I've been trying to figure a game plan for either one of them and then I came across this:
http://www.core77.com/store/dutchmaster/default.asp
Not sure if anyone's seen this before, I believe it was a 2009 offering in typical NYC fashion, over weight, over priced, with a limited issue of 25 bikes, and done in conjunction with a "fancy smancy" designer website. The hardcore bike sites really didn't give it terrific reviews, of course they're the same folks that have made "fixie" a household flavor of the month.
Got the chain guard tabs coming off tomorrow, then off to my blaster guy... then the powder coater! It won't be a clone in as much as it'll be the inspirational concept. Not planning on the drum brakes up front, maybe "V" brakes if I end up with a Surly for that's already got the posts, and maybe a 3 speed coaster on the rear... just so the front brake lever doesn't get lonely on the bars.
Keep you updated as it progresses...
http://www.core77.com/store/dutchmaster/default.asp
Not sure if anyone's seen this before, I believe it was a 2009 offering in typical NYC fashion, over weight, over priced, with a limited issue of 25 bikes, and done in conjunction with a "fancy smancy" designer website. The hardcore bike sites really didn't give it terrific reviews, of course they're the same folks that have made "fixie" a household flavor of the month.
Got the chain guard tabs coming off tomorrow, then off to my blaster guy... then the powder coater! It won't be a clone in as much as it'll be the inspirational concept. Not planning on the drum brakes up front, maybe "V" brakes if I end up with a Surly for that's already got the posts, and maybe a 3 speed coaster on the rear... just so the front brake lever doesn't get lonely on the bars.
Keep you updated as it progresses...