Re: [CR]Steve Bauer's Paris-Roubaix Bike

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:14:07 -0600
Subject: Re: [CR]Steve Bauer's Paris-Roubaix Bike
From: "Todd Kuzma" <tullio@theramp.net>
To: Forbes Bagatelle-Black <diarmaede@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040120013145.70315.qmail@web41505.mail.yahoo.com>


on 1/19/04 7:31 PM, Forbes Bagatelle-Black at diarmaede@yahoo.com wrote:
> I was hoping the recently posted item was this
> bicycle, but sadly not. Todd (or anyone else), do you
> know the frame geometry of the Roubaix bike? Did
> anyone make a mass-produced knock off, or was it just
> too different?

I never saw the geometry of the bike listed, but it was *very* laid back. As far as I know, the bikes built for Bauer were the only ones made. The closest thing available to consumers is probably something like the Vision Thoroughbreds: <http://www.visionbikes.com/>. Yes, Bauer's bike looked *almost* that odd.

Todd Kuzma
Heron Bicycles
Tullio's Big Dog Cyclery
LaSalle, IL
http://www.heronbicycles.com/
http://www.tullios.com/