Dear Louis,
This bike stirred quite a kettle of fish and opened up a real barrel of monkeys the last time it was mentioned. In short, lots of animals did things, metaphorically speaking, because of the Luigino on list.
I have one of these. Well, sort of. Joe Bell has mine. It is my third Pegoretti (Fina Estampa & Marcelo being the other two.) This is the only one that would, I think, qualify as KOF since it is the only one with lugs & steel at the same time (JB suggested that they were perhaps 'bikini lugs'--maybe--which, if not accurate, seems very right somehow). The last rev of this bike sported an option of a Luigino-esque paint job, which is what I was going to do to mine (mine is actually a show bike from the first year of production, with the single crown rather than double crown fork) but then I thought: WHY WHY WHY? So I haven't quite solidified my decision for the paint job, although I am leaning heavily towards the Witcomb USA 1975 show bike colors that you can find on the Classic Rendezvous USA website.
When I first considered buying my first Pegoretti, on list advisors recommended (and I agree) that even with the KOF styling and retro paint options, not to outfit it with Super Record or such, and I would agree. It's a modern bike, and it would be a little wacky although interesting (kind of like wines from Lebanon.)
So--I am happy to tell anyone about my experiences RIDING Pegorettis, but would love anyone's suggestion about PAINTING one. Does anyone have an absolute favorite scheme that might be applicable to a bike such as this? All suggestions welcome, and unleash the dogs of war! And oh, I like little stripes and panels and things.
Now to the bike(s): since the others are pretty damn off topic, I will just say that they ride wonderfully. The Marcelo is steel and from all accounts that Luigino rides like a slightly plushier Marcelo. The riding style is what I would call 'happy bike' style, very friendly and genteel, as opposed to, similarly KOF, the Tesch 101, which rides like a very skilled brassy teenager in a Camero (I think Dave Tesch actually once said Porsche 911--sadly, I wouldn't know.) I can't say that Dario's bike ride in an 'old world' way, really; from my experience, the one that most approximates, in riding style, a pre-1983 bike would have to be the Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel.
Still, a lovely bike. And having (test) ridden many similiarly priced modern and decidedly non-KOF style bikes, the one that I would choose if I were to buy, say, a fourth. However, I think four bikes of one marque is the code word for insanity. There are other nice ones out there that I (oops) one can buy three of instead!
Any more questions, send it to me off list if you like ...
Ricky Garni
Carrboro, NC
> I am assuming this qualifies as on-topic KOF.
>
> Has anyone seen one of these in person, or better,
> ridden one? Opinions wanted.
>
> Louis "Holdsworth" Schulman
> Tampa, Florida
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