Re: [CR] was 3v....now wtb GP4...

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:36:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: "jeffrey piwonka" <jmpiwonka@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <8CCEC22171681F4-4D1C-26A1@Webmail-d118.sysops.aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] was 3v....now wtb GP4...


if anyone has some of these clunky rims to get rid of i could use two in a 32h drilling.

i can make do with the older gold labels or the newer purple and yellow labels.

a gl330 in 32h drilling would be a possibility for the front also.

thanks,
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas USA.


--- On Wed, 7/7/10, dtshifter@aol.com wrote:


> From: dtshifter@aol.com <dtshifter@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Frame stiffness NOW 3V
> To: kohl57@yahoo.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 2:31 PM
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> Dear Peter,
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> "....the spec'ing of clunky GP-4 rims...."
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> Why do you think these are "clunky?"  Even Mavic
> referred to the early ones (c. 1980) as the SSCs "for the
> masses."  The early versions (with the gold label)
> weighed 400 grams, while the later version gained 80 grams.
>
> I suppose with your body weight, you could ride scary light
> rims, but there is usually a price to pay for them on "real
> world roads."
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> I have put many miles on GP-4s (still have two bikes shod
> with the rims) and consider them one of the classic rims
> from the 80s.
>
> Just my thoughts.......
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta, NY NEUSA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: P.C. Kohler <kohl57@yahoo.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 3:07 pm
> Subject: Re: [CR] Frame stiffness NOW 3V
>
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> "I think 3 V bikes are  just sheer joy to ride, I am
> continually surprised
>
> they are not in as hot a demand as some other bikes. 
> Kind of a Cult thing,
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> I guess.
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>
> Tom Sanders"
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> Must be, for me my first ride on my 3v was like
> rediscovering cycling all over
>
> again. There's the stiffness (which people who'd be happier
> on a Raleigh
>
> International sometimes call "harsh" but it's really just
> stiff) with a pick-up
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> that makes you think you've borrowed Eric Heiden's thighs
> and then there's the
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> stability; these things track as true as a GG1
> locomotive... extraordinary
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> really and there's nothing like it. The paint is crap, the
> decals and graphics
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> cheap and cheesy looking (Masi always seemed to weak in
> this respect) and the
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> stock components suffered from the transition away from
> Super Record titanium
>
> and the spec'ing of clunky GP-4 rims, but no matter, this
> is one remarkable
>
> ride.
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> Peter Kohler
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> Washington DC USA
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