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:
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(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