Richard Rose wrote:
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> 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, we pretty much beat this same horse to death a month or two ago.
No there is not still room in the pro peleton for lugged steel bikes. Nothing in the marketplace prevents such a thing (remember Litespeeds painted as Treks?), it's that the pros don't want to ride them in the peleton. This has nothing to do what I want to ride, only the facts about what the current situation is in professional road racing.
Lance Armstrong cares about grams!
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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