Mr. Baylis's comments on the Cinelli Laser are interesting and could be enlarged, for example eel (?) skin saddle and handlebar wrap, silk tires, Roval wheels, clipless pedals, etc. These are all exotic and very impractical features. But, respectfully, he's missing the point at least as far as the early, low numbered Lasers, such as 007 are concerned. They were prototype show bikes, perhaps analogous to the prototypes seen at car and motorcycle shows. Could they have been improved,of course! But more important, as Dale said they "knocked everyones' socks off," and continue to do so even today. With his previous statements about the function of aero tubing in TT bikes, I respectfully disagree. Again to paraphrase Dale, frame weight isn't as important in a TT bike, and, just have a look at the high end TT bikes of today, they almost all have an aero design. I also suspect, as Mr. Baylis, that there were previous aero design bikes. I'd like to see images of them. I also believe that there is a reason why those bikes didn't have the impact the Laser had and continues to have. George Hollenberg MD CT, USA
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA