Originally Posted by
wawine
pretty clear this was made to race, not sell. It has the characteristics of the details in lug work of Paratella, but none of the usual fine finishing of the filing and chrome. ‘Race it, then replace it!’
That is an interesting observation, and one that has been keeping me busy for quite a while now. There seems to be quite a gap between what are generally perceived as high end bikes (which fetch big money) and the ones that actually won the races (which can sometimes be found in the classifieds for a couple of tenners). The more I look into the subject the more it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems to be.
Only yesterday I was perusing the mid-seventies build records of a small specialist shop in Amsterdam and noticed a delivery of a batch of frames for a cycling team that was sponsored at that time by a competing - and well-established in racing circles, mind you - brand. For more than half of the team members!