Originally Posted by
repechage
hydroforming aluminum elements on a bike frame are often to facilitate suspension pick up points.
‘not all but that shows where it found a exploit.
I was able to test ride at a bike race in the Fall of 1975 - the new Klein. Steel fork at the time. When I dismounted and my opinion was sought, I declared THIS is the future of the criterium bike.
‘not the weight, but the satisfaction that all your work was making it to the road. Stiffest bike I had ever been able to ride. I was not sure that this would be a all day road bike, geometry could be modified but darn it was stiff.
I rode perhaps that same bike the next summer. +1. And I knew in that short ride there was no way I wanted to spend 100 miles on back country New England roads on it! Being a pure climber needing longer races, it was a solid pass for me.