Maybe it should be pronounced: Free-juice.
Legal, too, UCI approved!
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
>
> Yeah, what is it about this bike? Apparently I'm not alone in thinking
> there is an indefinable quality in Frejus frames that creates joy. Why do
> I go for a ride every evening I can after work, pushing myself harder than
> I have in years, in spite of the heat and my aging, achy body, loving the
> effort, really feeling grateful for owning and being able to commune with
> this machine? This spring I rode it for the first time in two decades.
> What a bike! It makes me so happy to ride it! What I can talk about is the
> crisp turn-in, the superb balance, how it is taut without being nervous,
> springy but not mushy, how easy it is to keep it in line, how intuitive
> every move feels. I have other bikes that are a joy to ride, that I care
> for deeply: I don't feel the same way about them. I appreciate them, I
> enjoy riding them, but not as intensely as the Frejus. Why? In vain I
> measured the tubes and angles, compared it with other bikes I own, trying
> to answer this
> question: why does riding this bike, just this bike, this 50+ year-old
> assembly of steel sleeves & pipe (Libelulla tubing! Not even Columbus!)
> make me feel so good? Frejus! What was their secret? Was there a secret?
>
> Michael Shiffer
> EuroMeccanica, Inc.
> 114 Pearl Street
> Mount Vernon, NY 10550
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