Re: [CR]Was: Asking Manufacturers to..... Now: dust caps..

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:06:47 -0500
From: Marcus Coles <marcoles@ody.ca>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Asking Manufacturers to..... Now: dust caps..
References: <20041116.070340.8097.215489@webmail25.nyc.untd.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041116.070340.8097.215489@webmail25.nyc.untd.com>


richardsachs@juno.com wrote:
>snipped:
>"Riders around here wouldn't have been caught dead with them in their bikes! So they languished on the shelves."
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>listmeister-issimo,
>i know you're refering to dust caps here, but this snipped
>text is the root of this thread and others like it; in the 70s
>as well as in the era(s) that followed, no one (i knew) would
>have been caught dead with anything that was recently replaced
>or updated. whether it's calipers, chainrings, seatposts, cinelli
>stems, 5 speed freewheels...folks almost always left the prior
>iteration for dead as soon as the suppliers intro-ed the next
>version. so what happened? these older parts were tossed, or
>sold cheaply, or "languished on the shelves", or are now on
>ebay. it's the natural order of things. why fight it? if
>all this timeline stuff was still mainstream and available,
>who would be reading this?
>e-RICHIE
>chester, ct
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I confess, I have thrown away much, but who'da thunk people would want it? A million replicas cannot recreate history and a better idea never stood in the way of techno/marketing advancement. Availability is not the danger, its a return to mainstreaminess that is really scary it would force many list participants to appear victims of cycling fashion. ;-)

This is probably there in the archives, but this discussion has me wondering. Does the lack of dust caps detract from a timeline racing bicycle or increase it's authenticity?

Marcus Coles
London, ON, Canada.