At 06:57 PM 6/3/2003 -0700, Jan Heine wrote:
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>On a randonneur bike, there is so much more than just the frame. Custom
>racks, lighting, etc. all carry the signature of the builder. On my
>Rivendell, while the frame is Rivendell (more or less), the custom rack
>and other parts aren't. So it's a bit murky
[snip]
In the Csuka interview made clear the artisanship involved with a constructeur bike. Like a set Nervex lugs, you can just braze them up untouched or you can spend hours filing and re-shaping them to a state of art. Esge fender and some Nitto racks make a functional bike, sort of like a good Ti bike, but the level of art involved is much less compared to Brian doing a million file strokes on a frame.
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