Name/Title
1977 Joe Breeze road bikeDescription
Joe Breeze started building frames in 1974 in Mill Valley, in Marin County. The son of an automotive machinist, Joe learned the craft of frame building at a nine-day workshop in Oakland with Albert Eisentraut. Eisentraut, sometimes called America's bicycle renaissance frame builder, had trained in the 1950s in Chicago under Emil and Oscar Wastyn, famed for their 6-Day racing frames of the 1930 and 1950s, some made for the Schwinn Paramount mark.
This frame's slim, tapered lug work might be termed "Eisentraut school." Eisentraut introduced numerous American frame builders to this method of dissipating stress across a lugged frame. While time consuming, it can make a frame stronger and lighter.
Breeze raced road bikes throughout the 1970s and made custom frames for Velo Club Tamalpais members and others. He built this frame for teammate Marc Vendetti. In 1977 Breeze's frame building experience would come in handy, as he and others in the local off-road movement had a need for stronger/lighter frames for riding up and down Mount Tamalpais.Acquisition
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L-2015.07.06-VendettiSource or Donor
Marc VendettiRelationships
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Person or Organization
Joe BreezePerson or Organization
Marc Vendetti