Originally Posted by
clubman
New '96 Cramerotti ELOS with full Chorus. It had over-sized chain stays as well so the ride was so rigid that I was exhausted after 50 kms. Kept it for just over a year and sold it to a friend for half of what I paid.
I thought the same about my '85 Bianchi Specialissima; Super Record gruppo, Columbus SL/SP mix, with SP down tube and chain stays. But I eventually realized that it wasn't the heavier-gauge SP tubes that made it rigid---it was the short wheelbase; i.e., the criterium geometry.