[CR]Re: Chesini

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:09:36 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <630233.1066845657684.JavaMail.root@wamui01.slb.atl.earthlink.net>
Subject: [CR]Re: Chesini

Charles Andrews wrote:
>
> A friend of mine has one of these, either gold-plated, or gold-chrome-plated
> or some such.
>
> I looked it over closely and I thought it was rather crude..sort-of like a
> badly-made Colnago from the early-80s...of which I've seen a few, and
> some of which are truly awful, as has been observed here previously.
>
> The Chesini looks to me like a high-volume production frame masquerading as
> a low-production, custom frame. It might not have been a high-volume item,
> but the one I've seen wasn't very attractive on close examination.
>
> Just my opinion.

I noticed the same thing. Even the fancy ones are not as nice as I would expect. As you said, a little crude. Not on my short list...

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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