I had seen these Bruce Gordon show bikes before, at NAHBS, at Bruce’s shop gallery, and in David DiFalco’s storage space.
They’re still marvelous.
When you go, take a digital camera and a fast enough lens to separate the bike you’re focused on from the riot of other bikes in the background.
Ahem.
The bars are really interesting and the docent wants to know HOW DID BRUCE GET IT THROUGH THE STEM? Come to the Q&A session in April(?) and maybe we can all find out. I have a theory…
Bruce made every kind of bike, and generally preceded big trends by about 35 years.
Bruce’s decals let the frame color comes through in the name or initials. It’s a smart way to match a few decals to any frame color, and I need to re-do my Gorilla Wing decals to do that.
A bike I would have liked to see here is Bruce’s big orange fixed gear tourer with a dyno light and front rack. Mike Varley owns and rides it now. He’s got this great big pink BG road bike, too.
Lots of ephemera in the show to read and see, as well. Did you know there are like 16 variations of Bruce Gordon racks? Have you seen the book on Bruce’s robotic production Sky Yeager made? Are you still riding Stone Age equipment?
Go see the show, buy a tee shirt, buy a Camera Corner book, and read it at Gestalt Haus with a Jackalope sausage and a Trumer Pils.
The museum has its regular bikes still up as well.
