Leonard Bulger wrote:
> After all this discussion of the pinnacle of lightweights, how about
> something completely different. I've always been more interested in
> failures than successes, so what was the worst bike part? I want to
> exclude junk made for department store bikes, but rather discuss parts
> made for good bikes by companies who should have known better.
Must it be a _part_?
May I direct you to the website of the Skeppshult bicycle company in (shame) my home country.
http://www.skeppshultcykeln.com/
Look at both (especially) "dam" - ladies - and "herr" - mens - versions.
Apart from the chic frames these things are heavy, made from pipes of no special quality, ugly welded, sport mid level components and - as cream on the cake - a Brooks titanium saddle. Price is $1350. (Yes!)
This contraption has won a special design award, "Good Swedish Design", in 1998 and is sent around Europe as an example of the same. An example of fresh rethinking in an industry of stagnation they say.
Olof "I´ve got a technical education" Stroh Uppsala Sweden