Originally Posted by
Viich
I don't see how this is different from the Road Cycling forum. Those bikes are obviously not old enough to be C&V, because that would mean that I'm old, so they're just not the newest spec stuff.
To me, it's just a very interesting period in road bike history. You have it coinciding with the end of the steel era, and these were put on some of the best steel frames ever built. And I hate to say this, but a lot of the early brifter stuff just looks good. The fact that it still works is also pretty great. For the most part, they got it right the first time.