Re: [CR]concerning flutes--on seat-stay caps, that is

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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 20:58:42 -0500
From: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
To: chasds@mindspring.com, classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]concerning flutes--on seat-stay caps, that is


On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:13:17 -0800 (PST) chasds@mindspring.com writes: "This little thread about seat-stay caps got me thinking. Tell me another major italian frame in the 1960s that had the same delicate flutes in the seat-stay caps that Colnago Supers had. Did Ernesto start doing this before Masi did?"

Hrumph. Real bikes don't have flutes. Real bikes have the pin through the fast-back stays. That's because real riders of a certain age appreciate the extra thigh clearance... :-)

Harvey "viva Cinelli" Sachs (probably the one with less Sachs appeal) mcLean VA

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