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Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-31-20, 06:12 PM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

Those geometries varied for other bikes, too. ...

Those geometries varied for other bikes, too. This concept is called "sizing". Head and seat tube angles are still steeper for Italian bikes. Riding compartments are biased forward as a result. ...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-31-20, 03:41 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

I never said Faliero Masi taught all US builders,...

I never said Faliero Masi taught all US builders, because such was not the case. My point was that road bikes up until that point were quite different, with slack geometry - and sometimes...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-29-20, 03:22 PM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

Construction of bicycles has been ongoing since...

Construction of bicycles has been ongoing since the nineteenth century. Early safety bikes can be fantastically well constructed, but difficult to manage, due to drive trains from hell. We got most...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-27-20, 07:34 PM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

No, I think the Italians and other nationals were...

No, I think the Italians and other nationals were building bikes long before the 1970s. What is undeniable is that the builders eventually coalesced around Italian ideas about aesthetics and...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-27-20, 05:27 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

Who taught those other builders to build those...

Who taught those other builders to build those bikes that you think are exactly the same? Build quality used to be much poorer in the USA - but then Faliero Masi taught an entire generation of...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-26-20, 05:29 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

There's nothing intangible about what the...

There's nothing intangible about what the original Italian builders did. They leveraged a tradition of riding, racing, engineering, craftsmanship and artistry to produce some of the best and most...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-26-20, 05:06 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

My Lossa-built Supercorsa was what I was thinking...

My Lossa-built Supercorsa was what I was thinking about when I posted. The Blue China paint is stunning. It's just too bad it doesn't hold up like Chemours' Imron.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-26-20, 05:00 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

It's not marketing. It's experience. I'm not...

It's not marketing. It's experience. I'm not the only person that noticed.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
07-21-20, 03:51 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 28,921
Posted By kunsunoke

They look like what we expect race bikes ought to...

They look like what we expect race bikes ought to look like.
They instantly evoke nostalgia for simpler times, when cycling didn't focus on marketing of plastic bikes to plastic people.
They have...
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