Dale Saso has been building high-end custom steel frames in the SF Bay Area since 1972. Making both fillet-brazed and lugged frames, he prides himself in the quality and workmanship of every frame he builds...
Do not hesitate to call Dale if you have ANY bicycle ideas that you would like to pursue or develop.
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That bike was the result of visits to Dale’s shop, of long conversations about types of tubes, materials and riding styles. I remember holding and looking at bare steel tubes and going through boxes of fork crowns and being able to specify the most small of details on that bike. It was a collaboration effort. I saw the bike evolve from metal....
I had Saso build a frame-set - a combination of Tange Prestige and Tange Ultimate. Prestige was the road bike set, Ultimate the mountain bike set. The Ultimate tubes were larger in diameter than the Prestige tubes. Ultimate tubes were used on the top and down tubes to increase frame stiffness....
"... So I think the biggest help was to introduce them to Dale Saso who taught them how to make a frame using braising."
“I learned how to braise from him, I learned how to frame-build from him, I learned how to make jigs to make bikes. So many things.”
Matthew Rodriguez, Gooseneck Bicycles
What do you love the most about riding your bike?
I was asked that same question by Dale Saso recently. He's a frame builder who built me a bike in 1987 and has repaired it several times. I think it's all about giving a person freedom, self-reliance. I've ridden my bike in places unimaginable to most people, experienced nature in all its glory while enjoying the outdoors. The bike is easily the most efficient form of human transportation, an engineering marvel. And I can maintain it.
Ray Hosler, author Bay Area Bike Rides
No small job is too small
While Dale Saso's name is considered by some as a legend bicycle builder, no small job is too small for Dale. Check out some of the proud owners who had Dale transformed their vintage stable to retro modern masterpiece.
ABOUT BLUE LYNX MODEL ONE
The bicycle in foreground is the Model One (aka.Blue Lynx)
Blue Lynx Model one is a handcrafted, precision, multi-purpose,
performance bicycle featuring 700c wheels and a super low profile long wheel base geometry.
Many riders can now achieve natural
and correct ergonomic positioning for the safest and most efficient ride possible!