Originally Posted by
repechage
SLX tubing in 1973? Try a decade plus later.
where did that cheap front hub come from?
80's rear mech...
the rewrite of history. Oh dear.
Yeah that SLX claim made me snort! Not only the ahistoric claim that it existed in '73, but the "snappier ride" — what hogwash.
Not to mention claiming SR posts were fluted for light weight, or SR levers "drilled" (punched) for light weight: both are a little heavier than their non-drilled/fluted variants (Record Superleggero in the case of the post). At least the few instances I have weighed, not enough sample size to say anything definite. But they seem to have made the fluted/drilled SR parts a little thicker to compensate, but over-compensated.
Overall, a sub-standard article, though I still thank Steve for posting it.
Oh yeah what's with the Junior gearing? Looks like a 16t or so top gear.
Reminds me of the old "ship of Theseus" paradox — at what point have you changed so many parts that it's not Gimondi's race-winning bike anymore? (if there is indeed even one molecule remaining. I've seen bikes represented as an actual race-winning bike that were 100% wrong, a different bike altogether, so I'm skeptical until I see the proof.)
Mark B