Brian and Richie, you guys must be getting old to have forgotton about the blind test done by Bicycle Guide and the thread posted on this list back in June:
Subject: [CR]Re:Tubing Type,Blind Tests,Ride Quality,etc.
Nick Zatezalo wrote:
The previously mentioned Bicycle Guide Test was done in the Feb,96 issue.
It featured 7 bicycles made of different Columbus steel tube sets & produced by Mondonico. They were test ridden by one rider[Alan Cote] over the same test route & then ranked by his preference.Later he was furnished with the in- formation about which tubing was used on each frame.
The article includes a side bar by Grant Petersen,and comment by Mr Consistancy aka Richard Sachs "When someone is buying a bike from me,they're buying my design choices and my construction skills.I actually think material is the least consequential choice."
Even though Mr.Cote had a preference his final comment was "What do these seven Mondonicos say about bike performance and testing? Perhaps more than anything,they illustrate that the personality of a bike is determined much more by fit,frame geometry,and components than by what kind of tubing lies under the paint."
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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