Re: [CR]Since you asked

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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 06:13:25 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Since you asked
From: "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A9F3A44.7523@adnc.com>


My guess ... given the generally unwarranted mystique attached to their modern frames: Colnago.

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> From: Brian Baylis <rocklube@adnc.com>
> Reply-To: rocklube@adnc.com
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 22:14:28 -0800
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Since you asked
>
> Jeff,
>
> Not a bad guess I suppose, but not what I was thinking. We could play 20
> questions; and yes, it is bigger than a bread box.
>
> First of all, I'm thinking vintage. Should at least do that to stay on
> topic, don't you think.
>
> Furthermore, I don't intend to be telling anybody what to think about
> any bike frame. I believe in teaching by giving people the "tools" to do
> their own thinking. I never was too fond of traditional education for
> that reason.
>
> In order to demonstrate the system I use we need an example. One which
> no one is attached to personally on this list, or is likely to hear
> about it somehow and be offended or something. I just want to show how I
> think. Demonstrate how to use the system. Then each person can make
> their own determinations about what they like. It may or may not change
> with the new perspective. Please do not ask me what I think of this or
> that. Those opinions are for myself only. If one really wanted to know
> what I like all you would have to do is know what I have in my
> collection of stuff. I can say that I have a dozen of my own bikes from
> various periods of time. Many are track frames. I have sold quite a few
> personal frames in the past few years (about 6) to feed my drum habit.
> Have let go some other stuff as well for the same reason. But I still
> have a respectable amount. I like things that are one-of-a-kind for some
> reason.
>
> Given that information, any guess? BTW, I have been asked my opinon on
> this particular frame dozens of times, and I'm sure it isn't over.
>
> Brian Baylis
> Don't mean to tease you all, but it is kinda fun, isn't it?
>>
>> At 05:56 PM 3/1/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>>> Dear listmembers,
>>>
>>> I'd be curious to see if anyone else is thinking of the same "guinea
>>> pig" for this experiment that I am. I believe I have the perfect choice.
>>>
>>> Well?
>>>
>>> Brian Baylis
>>> LaLa Land
>>
>> Hello Brian,
>> I'm living in mock fear of hearing a frank critique of my (rare! :^))
>> match-built Rivendell, while at the same time looking forward to hearing
>> it. It'll be at the Cirque with me. I feel I have a good eye for style and
>> cleanliness in lots of things, but I obviously don't see a frame as you do.
>> While I've never seen a Starck built one, I believe my Riv is a bit further
>> from perfect than I'd have gotten from, for example, you or Richie, but
>> much, much nicer than the Waterford-built ones. But I love it, because it
>> rides fabulously, fits perfectly, was part of my drift from the newest
>> stuff to the proven stuff, and was the last thing I bought when I actually
>> had disposable income. Now I have disposable time, instead.
>>
>> Since you asked for a guess, I think you've got the variously-built
>> Rivendells in mind.
>> Jeff Slotkin
>> TheLocalSpoke
>> Goose Creek, SC