Re: [CR]NOW:Blind Bike Test WAS:Making Frames for Fun and Profit

(Example: Racing:Wayne Stetina)

To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]NOW:Blind Bike Test WAS:Making Frames for Fun and Profit
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:31:08 -0500

i haven't forgotten it. i was privy to it when it happened then and i restrained myself from invoking it now. thank you for outing it. e-RICHIE chester, ct

(computer for sale)

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:01:41 -0700 Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> writes:
> Brian and Richie, you guys must be getting old to have forgotton
> about
> the blind test done by Bicycle Guide and the thread posted on this
> list
> back in June:
>
> Subject: [CR]Re:Tubing Type,Blind Tests,Ride Quality,etc.
>
> Nick Zatezalo wrote:
>
> The previously mentioned Bicycle Guide Test was done in the Feb,96
> issue.
>
> It featured 7 bicycles made of different Columbus steel tube sets &
>
> produced by Mondonico.
> They were test ridden by one rider[Alan Cote] over the same test
> route &
> then ranked by his preference.Later he was furnished with the in-
> formation about which tubing was used on each frame.
>
> The article includes a side bar by Grant Petersen,and comment by Mr
>
> Consistancy aka Richard Sachs "When someone is buying a bike from
> me,they're buying my design choices and my construction skills.I
> actually
> think material is the least consequential choice."
>
> Even though Mr.Cote had a preference his final comment was "What do
> these
> seven Mondonicos say about bike performance and testing? Perhaps
> more
> than
> anything,they illustrate that the personality of a bike is
> determined
> much
> more by fit,frame geometry,and components than by what kind of
> tubing
> lies
> under the paint."
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
>
>
> .