Mike Kowal - Who Is He? Where Is He?

[Davy]

I just bought an audax/touring bike with a frame with Mike Kowal decals
on it. The frame tubing is Columbus nivachrome "Zona" -- assymetric
butted tubing, Nice small lugs. Very comfortable geometry. The lug
welds are very clean and the paint is high-quality.
My question is, Who is Mike Kowal? Where is the frame made? Thanks for
all info-- david @ dlevine dot net

 

[Pete Bentley]

Davy <[email protected]> wrote:
>welds are very clean and the paint is high-quality.
>My question is, Who is Mike Kowal? Where is the frame made? Thanks for
>all info-- david @ dlevine dot net

Columbus are Italian and manufacture frames for a number of people including
Tifosi - http://www.columbustubi.com/

According to Google, Mike Kowal is a Senior VP at Radioshack. But I imagine
that's a different Mike Kowal.......

Pete.

 

[Dave Chadderton]

Don't know about Mike Kowal but there is a Manchester frame builder called
Malc Cowle try http://www.withingtoncycles.co.uk/malc_cowle.php

 

[MSeries]

Davy wrote:
> I just bought an audax/touring bike with a frame with Mike Kowal decals
> on it. The frame tubing is Columbus nivachrome "Zona" -- assymetric
> butted tubing, Nice small lugs. Very comfortable geometry. The lug
> welds are very clean and the paint is high-quality.
> My question is, Who is Mike Kowal? Where is the frame made? Thanks for
> all info-- david @ dlevine dot net
>

Might have been the former owner.

 

[Steph Peters]

"Dave Chadderton" <[email protected]> of Pipex wrote:

>Don't know about Mike Kowal but there is a Manchester frame builder called
>Malc Cowle try http://www.withingtoncycles.co.uk/malc_cowle.php

And I have one of his frames for my very very small touring bike, and very
nice it is too.

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I didn't understand this at first, but YOUR CONVINCING USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS
HAS MADE IT ALL CLEAR TO ME. J. Nairn
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Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm>

 

[Steph Peters]

"Dave Chadderton" <[email protected]> of Pipex wrote:

>Don't know about Mike Kowal but there is a Manchester frame builder called
>Malc Cowle try http://www.withingtoncycles.co.uk/malc_cowle.php

And I have one of his frames for my very very small touring bike, and very
nice it is too.

--
I didn't understand this at first, but YOUR CONVINCING USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS
HAS MADE IT ALL CLEAR TO ME. J. Nairn
Steph Peters delete invalid from [email protected]lid
Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm>

 

[Dave Larrington]

Davy wrote:
> I just bought an audax/touring bike with a frame with Mike Kowal
> decals on it. The frame tubing is Columbus nivachrome "Zona" --
> assymetric butted tubing, Nice small lugs. Very comfortable geometry.
> The lug welds are very clean and the paint is high-quality.
> My question is, Who is Mike Kowal? Where is the frame made? Thanks for
> all info-- david @ dlevine dot net

I've got a vague recollection of a 'melican Someone on one of the IHPVA
mailing lists having a Kowal tandem, which leads me to suspect that it may
have originated in Leftpondia...

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