Pardon me for butting in here but I think what e-richie meant was that there was still room in the pro peleton for a lugged steel bike but that the marketplace prevents such a thing from happening. Correct me if I am wrong richie. After all, what would happen in the (bicycle) marketplace if Lance won his 5'th consecutive tour next year on a beautiful lugged steel creation, albeit with a set of Hyperon's, a threadless stem & STI shifters? Chaos I tell you, Chaos! Richard Rose (it could happen) Toledo, Ohio
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> > 2) my take is that it's not in the pro ranks (that the lugged
> > steel frame being...) but rather in the marketplace.
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> Yes, I agree, there will always be room in the marketplace for an
> esthetically pleasing and beautiful riding lugged steel frame...
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> Chuck Schmidt
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