Yamaguchi Framebuilding History

Koichi Yamaguchi checking frame alignment. Picture taken in the early stages of Yamaguchi Framebuilding era.

1975 - 1981

• Chief Frame Builder 3 RENSHO. Built frames for Japanese Professional Keirin riders
• Built for Koichi Nakano (10 time Pro Sprint World Champion) and France Look Team Steve Bauer
• Japan AMA/PRO Federation National Mechanic

1984 - 1987

• Nakamura Bicycles Research & Development Department.; Team Nakamura Director Sportif and Mechanic

1987 - 1988

• Chief Frame Builder and Mechanic for Proteus Design (Maryland)

Yamaguchi posing with Mike Melton

1988 - 1991

• Full time Assistant to US National Team Manager (Bill Woodul) USCF at Colorado Springs, CO

1988 - 1992

• US National Team Mechanic USCF; Cat 1

1988 - 1989

• Founded Yamaguchi Bicycles, Inc
• Work with Huffy Corp. (Mike Melton) Olympic Bike Mechanic at Colorado Springs, CO
• Designed and Built Team Time Trial Frame for John Stenner (3rd in FinalStage of Tour de Trump).
• Baltic Sea Stage Race Mechanic at Finland-U.S.S.R.
• World Championship Mechanic at Lyon France . Jr. World Championship Mechanic at Moscow U.S.S.R.

1990

• Work with Ben Serotta (Serotta Storts)Designed & Built US National Team and USSR National Team frames
• US National Team Mechanic at Tour de Texas
• US National Team Mechanic at Tour de Trump
• World Championship Mechanic at Japan
• Designed & Built World Championship US National Team Tandem frame
• Designed & Built Finland National Team kilo frame

1991

• Contract with Performance/USCF to build all US National Team frames
• Designed US National Team Tube sets at True Temper Research & Development
• World Championship Mechanic at Stuttgart Germany

1992

• Contract with Performance/USCF and USOC to build all US Olympic Team frames
• Designed & Built Finland Olympic Team kilo frame
• Erin Hartwell Olympic Bronze 1k:1st medal ever for the US in Olympic 1k at Barcelona Spain
• Olympic Team Mechanic at Barcelona Spain
• Designed and Built Mike McCarthy pursuit frame Professional World Champion 1992 at Valencia Spain
• Designed & built US Women's Team Time Trial frames World Champions 92 (1st medal ever for the US}
• World Championship Mechanic at Valencia Spain
• US Team Maneger/Mechanic at Japan International Road Race

1993

• Designed & built Rebecca Twigg's Aero Stem {World Record Pursuit}
• Designed & built Team EDS bikes
• Masters Nationals Track Mechanic at Colorado Springs

1994

• Designed & built Steve Hegg's World Championship (Hammer, Norway) Point Race frame
• UCI World Cup Track Final Mechanic at Colorado Springs

1995

• Pre Olympic Mechanic at Colorado Springs

1994 - 1999

• Designed & built Electromagnetic training machines for USOC Sports Science and also for U.S. Sprint program

2000

• Designed, built & partially sponsored ParaOlympic Team of Al Whaley and Pam Fernandes tandem Gold and World Record 1 kilometer Time Trial. Silver in Sprint.

2001~

• Opened the Yamaguchi Bicycles Framebuilding School