[CR]Re: my legnano/my luigino

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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:46:05 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <20041130070607.11161.qmail@web20422.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: [CR]Re: my legnano/my luigino

Ricky Garni wrote:
>
> Hello Everybody!
>
> The subject line is a thinly veiled reference to that
> wonderful/horrible part of CHINATOWN that has
> resonance today as we see the new paint scheme of the
> new Pegoretti Luigino.
>
> http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=173
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Legnano/Legnano_M_Barry.htm
>
> I would love to hear everyone's feelings about this.

Dario Pegorettis's homage to Legnano reminds me of the automotive equivilate, the new VW Bug and the new BMW Mini. But I'm not sure I see the point of a current bike with current components that mimicks retro. Maybe the bike is just too hip for its own good? I guess Eddy Merckx is doing the same when he makes his luged oversize tube MX Leader with the Molteni orange paint job with current parts?

I guess I'd rather have a totally current bike and an old bike, but I don't need a current bike that mimicks an old bike.

She said, "Your Momma knows what you need, but I know what you want!"

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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