Open Bicycle

Walking toward the shop from our ritualistic AM stop at Sherman Cafe with coffees in hand and laughing in the late morning light, we spotted a distinguished-looking gentleman wheeling what was obviously a classy track bike down the train bridge.  Waving the fellow down, we were introduced to Tim Dixon, bike-lover, furniture-builder, and Imron-sprayer extraordinaire.  Hailing from California and the heyday of West Coast craft builders, Tim was dropping in to show us this extremely elegant Sam Cotten track bike and chat a bit about his new wet-paint operation in Boston.

Sam Cotten, he explained, was a friend of his who had a part time framebuilding operation in Hollywood, as well as being an actor and amateur philosopher.  Tim cut some Cinelli lugs into delicate shapes and had Sam build him this frame, which Tim then painted.  The result, with the perfectly-matched C-Record kit and Cinelli bar/stem combo, is about as classy as they come.  Yes, that is an extremely rare semi-sloping Cinelli track fork crown.  Yes, those are Record Crono tubular rims.  No, we’re sorry, but you can’t ride it.

Tim is starting up his spray operation again here on the East Coast, and we’ll be offering his services through the shop.  Please do drop in to gawk at his ‘90 Cotten and start dreaming up your new paint scheme.