[CR]Soft frames?

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: <j.mccoin@comcast.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:33:41 +0000
Subject: [CR]Soft frames?

I have seen people test the stiffness of frames for years by putting one foot on a pedal in the 12 O'Clock position and pushing on it. I have tried to explain that all they are seeing is how much air is in their tires.

There are still a lot myths and foolishness in our hobby, I think the one about frames going soft is one of the silliest, Chucks description a few years ago, of a pile of discarded Merckx's frames rusting away in a field because they had gone soft, was quite a parody of this foolishness.

Jim McCoin
Fremont Ca.