Comments on: San Diego Custom Bicycle Show, Part II

By: howtostretch

howtostretch — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:51:00 +0000

For those that wish to know about how a Gordon rides: I have a Bruce Gordon road frame. Admittedly, it was not built for me (built for someone else who never rode it due to illness), but fits me like a glove. What blows me away about this bike is its steering. Precise, yet not so quick to be unstable, perfect as far as I am concerned.
What I love about the frame are the details: the seat cluster, the way the stays and forks are brazed to the dropouts, the profiling of the head lugs. I could go on, but it is a PERFECT frame.

By: Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:34:00 +0000

Thanks for all the comments.
As for the “Stupid Bike” – It is my new Town Bike which I will ride everyday.
This kind of bike represents less than 1% of my work. 99% of my work is Loaded Touring bikes that get ridden all over the world.
About Pictures – I will have some Studio Photos of my new stuff taken next week. They should be up on my Webpage in 10 days or so (www.bgcycles.com).
Thanks to Brian, David, Chuck and all the volunteers for putting on such a fun show.
Regards,
Bruce Gordon

By: Jeff Bean

Jeff Bean — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:55:00 +0000

My first bike was a steel lugged Bianchi Professional, circa 1984 in Celeste. One of my old training buds rides one of Brian’s creations. Another bud rides a custom Holland Ti. I now enjoy a hand-built Moots, as well as a “curvy” carbon rig for beyond category climbs and days of 10,000′ of elevation gain. Seeing the artistry that bike builders make never gets old and will forever make sense to me. There should be a bike for every rider, right? Thanks for the wonderful post, Padraig. For those who question “why,” maybe flip it and ask instead “why not?” It’s more fun when considering the possibilities.

By: OD

OD — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:27:00 +0000

I got to meet Bruce @ Interbike a couple of years ago. He was playing around with a fart sound maker and talking about rigging it up to his bike so it would go off when you pulled the brake levers.

I don’t care how ornery he may be, but you can’t help but like an old guy that jokes about farts.