Originally Posted by non-fixie

I don't think so.

For the Italians (and the rest of the Europeans, for that matter) the 'heroic' period in bicycle racing was when the likes of Ottavio Bottecchia, Gino Bartali, Fausto Coppi, Gastone Nencini and Felice Gimondi were ruling the racing scene. In those days road racing was a predominantly European thing, where the Italians, Belgians, French, Spaniards, Luxembourgers, Germans and Dutch were battling on the medieval roads of western Europe for the wins in the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Ronde van Vlaanderen.
The riders were mostly former farm hands and factory workers from poor families who discovered that if you were smart and willing to work hard there was more money to be made in cycling than in working in the fields or mills.

L'Eroica celebrates that era, its riders and the bikes they rode.

During the eighties things changed in a big way. The Americans came onto the scene, led by Greg Lemond, followed by the Australians and the Colombians. Road cycling became a global TV sport. Big sponsors arrived and budgets were increased. Young talents were hunted and promising riders got personal mental coaches and fresh new bar tape every day. Wool became lycra and bikes became aero. Giulia Occhini and Yvette Horner were replaced by Pamela Anderson and Sheryl Crow.

It is not so hard to understand why most Europeans can't fathom why you would consider a bike with clipless pedals and aero levers 'eroica', nor why the Americans don't understand why you can't if their biggest hero rode with them for most of his career. For most Americans '87 was really just the beginning of their heroic period in road racing.

It makes a lot of sense to have an American Eroica event that focuses on the 80's and 90's.