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Flema
= framebuilder Fritz Fleck of
Mannheim, maker of steel racing bikes as well as a pioneer in
the use of titanium.
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Fritz Fleck passed
away in
October of 2013. |
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Interview
with Fritz Fleck
by Stefan Schaefter, Speedbicycles GmbH
Fritz Fleck, born 1928, a technical designer and
manufacturer, made probably the first titanium racing
bike, under his the Flema brand and manufactured in
small series...
Interviewer:
"Mr. Fleck, how you did
you come to build racing cycle frameworks?
FF: "I was
an enthusiastic cyclist from childhood and later I
became a proper racer.
Naturally I was also
always interested in the
bicyle and its mechanics (technical aspects).
Through my apprenticeship
as a construction plumber I acquired the
skills to build my first racing frame.This
one I brazed on the floor.
Later on I built myself a jig when also friends asked me
to build frames for them. " |
