Were there ever any "stock" Confentes? Legend says not; so couldn't this
have been built for a customer with "Spiderman" proportions? Re Santana
solos, met a customer @ 1979 who had ordered an Eisentraut touring bike from
Bud's and after an unreasonably long wait the owner of both Bud's and
Santana had a fillet brazed solo bike made for him.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> Harvey Sachs wrote: What fascinates me is that this is another large frame
with greatly undersquare design. My Cinelli SC is 64 cm (c to top) x 57 cm
top tube. From this I'm beginning to believe that these designers, back
then,(still?) thought that the thin-air breathers were all leg and no torso.
Are most "oversize" frames that undersquare?
>
> My experience bears this out. Most of my early bikes (late 60's through
early 90's) had top tubes no longer than 58cm. I believe that neither
Reynolds nor Columbus made top tubes any longer than this. After years of
riding bikes like this with 14cm+ stems and seats kicked all the way back to
fit, I was amazed when I got my first bike with a 61 toptube and a "normal"
position on the bike. Damn, that bike rides GOOD!
>
> Mark "Long Torso" Ritz
> in Arcata CA
> with a track bike with a 62.5cm top tube!