Wouldn't this bike be easier to ride if it had pedals?
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
> And here's my 'Neo-Classic' response:
>
> '02 Waterford 2200 fixed gear road bike with polished stainless steel
> lugs and fork crown. Current Campagnolo Pista group (plus Record dual
> pivot front brake and carbon lever and C-Record large flange track hubs
> laced to Campagnolo Strada dark anodized clincher rims with fat 28 C
> Continental 2000 clinchers). Campagnolo titanium seat post with Selle
> Italia SLR saddle and Ibis polished titanium stem.
>
> http://www.tc-homes.com/
>
> I don't actually have a "some people don't deserve" list... but I do
> have an opinion on stems: Giant, oversized, bulky stems look great on
> giant, oversized, bulky aluminum or carbon bike frames but look
> completely out of place on a neo-classic steel lugged bike frame!
>
> I hope there is room for personal opinions on this list and this is not
> construed as being judgmental.
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California (cloudy 60s)
>
>
> Richard Rose wrote:
> >
> > Roy Drinkwater asked:
> >
> > "If you were having a 'Nuovo Classic' bike built to your
> > measurements and specifications today, what you you have on it. A
> > 20/30+ year old design (that works well) or something new (that
> > builds on the tradition of old)?"
> >
> > I can answer that!!
> > Richard Sachs road bike: Full Campagnolo Record 9 (the first generation
> > 9-speed stuff) group. The brake levers have little slots - they remind
> > me of the drilled brake levers of old. Campagnolo Record Ti seatpost
> > (like jewelry). Selle Italia Turbomatic saddle in red/yellow/black.
> > Cinelli Eubios bar / ITM Millennium Threadless stem (satiny black finish
> > though I'd prefer a JB painted to match stem).
> > Either of two sets of wheels: Reflex tubulars / Record hubs / Tufo
> > tubulars or Campagnolo Nucleon's w/ Veloflex Criteriums. (sweet!)
> >
> > Uh Oh! I'm sure that on many counts I'll be relegated to Chuck's "some
> > people don't deserve" list. Oh well...
> > OBTW, I like that STEM on the PW bike. Hey, if it was good enough for
> > Peter it's good enough for me.
> >
> > Richard Rose (freezing in Toledo, Ohio)
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