Re: [CR]No more DeRosas : they all broke ?!?!

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

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Subject: Re: [CR]No more DeRosas : they all broke ?!?!
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 04:53:29 +0000


Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 18:33:49 -0800 From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]No more DeRosas : they all broke ?!?!

Steve Maas wrote:
> (snip... about the test)
> To me, this is sloppy work, decorated with sloppy thinking.

To which Chuck added:

Steve, reading your conclusion above makes me wonder why you wrote your original question: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do you wonder if perhaps the reason why the early 1970's SLX DeRosas are so rare, is because these framesets have all broken ?? Quite possibly - after all, the DeRosa in this fatigue-limit test performed the worst out of 20 bikes !! And will we be stuck with TREK OCLV frames for a long, long, long time because apparently they are balanced in a way that allows them to survive many fatigue cycles ??" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Reads pretty much like a troll? Or perhaps the emoticon was missing?

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

e-Chuckie:

IIRC, those are Don Gillies' words that you're quoting, not Steve's......

Greg "just say no to junk science" Parker (An ME, and semi-proud of it) Ann Arbor, Michigan