It's quite funny if you look back and read magazine articles from the "classic" era. One of my favorites is a New York Bikeshow review from '77 I have in a BICYCLING! issue. It really does read just like ones written about last years Las Vegas show. The words to describe the Zeus allow FW are almost identical to the works used to describe the new 10-speed. I'm not sure if it's in the same issue, but I also have one talking about the new Reynolds 753 tubing. It really is as if they're talking about one Seven Cycles frames. In the words of Flava Flav, "Don't, Don't, Don't Believe the Hype." enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives In an overcast cool Santa Barbara, California
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Randy August wrote:
> >
> > (snip) Even though I probably am
> > a "technoweenie", it's gotten to the point that I find little joy anymore in
> > reading about new bike hardware.
> >
> > Frame integral bearing races, Aheadsets and their stems, splined bottom
> > brackets and hollow cranks all save a little (very little) weight but offer
> > no advancement in real world functionality.
>
>
> I think we are all a little old and jaded. Guys in their teens and 20s
> are excited and enthusiastic about the latest and the greatest.
>
> Speaking of which...
> Integral headset bearing races -- Bianchi and others early 1900s ?
> Ahead-style stems -- French 1940s ?
> Splined bottom brackets -- Italian Gnutti 1940s ?
> Hollow cranks -- French Duprat (steel) 1930s ?
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, California
> Sunny, puffy clouds, 70