There are times Dale when I think you are a bit too strict but in this inst ance, I've got to agree with you.
Please note that I was only expressing my opinion, and no limitation was placed on referring to these and other "Kapitalizers Of the Fad" repop? bikes as KOF (If we have to! LOL)
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Derrick Bourgeois <kommisar89@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:03 pm Subject: Re: [CR]Kapu, Dolomiti and Tyler too...
There are times Dale when I think you are a bit too strict but in this inst
ance, I've got to agree with you. As I mentioned recently on another forum,
I've been expecting this for a while. If the automotive and motorcycle ind
ustries can turn a profit?building retro rides then why not the bicycle i
ndustry too? A number of manufacturers have been building what might better
be refered to as retro rather than KOF for styles of bikes that would be o
ff-topic here but doing a reasonably nice job of it. And the recent scuttle
butt about Scwinn bringing back the Paramount built in Waterford seems very
promising. But this Bianchi misses the mark by a long way. When I bought m
y last new bike in 2002, a Bianchi, I specifically chose it because it has
a traditional if not quite classic or KOF Italian steel frame (alas TIG wel
ded), hand made in the Reparto Corse, and equipped with Campagnolo componen
ts with varying degrees of polish (some high gloss, some satin) and
were it not for the lack of lugs would have been a fine KOF bike. This new
Bianchi pales by comparison and I am sorely disapointed. Perhaps we should
all wait for the Paramount and keep our fingers crossed that the appropria
te desicions are made with regard to component choice (I suspect the frames
will be first class since they come from Waterford).=0ARegards,=0ADerrick
Bourgeois=0AColorado Springs, Co=0AUS of A=0ADate: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:17:0
3 -0400=0AFrom: Dale Brown <oroboyz(AT)aol.com>=0ASubject: [CR]Kapu, Dolomi
ti and Tyler too...=0A=0A=0ALooks like the "Kapu" (Gesundheit)? and the "Do
lomiti" are made by the =0Asame Taiwan factory. =0A=0AI guess they are both
technically KOF but somehow I feel we are stretching =0Athat definition to
a dangerously weak degree. Maybe KOF also means =0A"Kapitalizers Of the Fa
d"? =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ADale Brown=0AGreensboro, North Carolina USA=0A=0A=0A