[CR]Eddy's enigmatic top tube

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:40:39 -0800 (PST)
From: "Tom Dalton" <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Eddy's enigmatic top tube

Ray, settle down and look again at the build cards. There is at least one that shows two numbers associated with the top tube, one being 57-ish and the other 54-ish. Clearly, the later has something to do with the actual mitered length of the tube, while the later is the as-built c-to-c TT length. It doesn't take a detective to infer that when the 54-ish number shows up on its own it is NOT the actual TT length. Of course Eddy didn't ride a 54 cm TT.

Tom Dalton Bethlehem, PA USA

Nothing could ever convince me, and this includes Eddy and De Rosa swearing it was true, that The Special One raced on a bike with a 54cm top tube. By the time he got to ride Colnagos he had been a pro for five years, had won two world titles and the Tour. I just cant believe that he hadn't settled on a conventional top tube length. Even if the crash at Blois caused him to shorten his reach, and I haven't heard that suggested, surely he would have just gotten a shorter stem not screwed up his bike. As for DeRosa's self-serving crap if you believe that no doubt you've also just met father Christmas. Ray Green, Harrow, Middlesex

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