R Brian Baylis

Bicycling...I used to be obsessed with it, but that's tapered down to

 an occasional spin

 on the mountain bikes. I’m mentioning this because the builder of

 my bicycle is

 retiring in November (11/12/13). Baylis is one of the last true

 craftsmen in the

 business. Each frame is unique and built by hand. He hasn’t taken

 a frame order in

 over 5 years. According to Baylis, what finally pushed him to retire

 was the dwindling

 supply of Imron paint. He’s busy finishing up all of his backlogged

 projects before he

 calls it quits. He will still devote some time to mentoring future

 frame builders. He'll

 also continue crafting knives and finish a long overdue house

 remodeling project.

I purchased my frame (serial number 003) in 1986. The frame

 is equipped with Campagnolo 50^th

Anniversary components. The bicycle has been collecting dust for

 the past few years. It's difficult to

 sell a custom bike because it's only custom to the original owner.

 Maybe a collector in Japan would

 be interested?

Erika and I often ride our mountain bikes when we are too tired to

 walk the dogs. The dogs don’t seem

 to mind jogging around Tsukahara while we happily roll along side of them.

Our tandem hasn't been ridden in a few years. This along with some other hobbies (stained glass,

 intarsia, and astronomy) are on hold until we get a handle on the

 gazillion things that need to be

 done around the house . It seems to be never ending.     George


The cycling world has lost a great craftsman. Brain Baylis passed on February 20, 2016. His obituary is

 posted here  






UPDATE: The 62cm Baylis is still available for sale. If you're interested please make your best

 offer in comments and I'll get back to you. ( Posted Mar 2024)


All measurements are taken from center to center of the tubes specified. Here are the specs:

 

Seat tube         62

Bottom Tube   65

Top tube          59.5

Head tube        14

Seat stays         56

Chain stays      43
Floor to the top of the top tube    84.6

Forks (measured from top of crown)     36

Serial number       3

Update:  This one was just sold on ebay 12/2020.