P.S. My comment was about the drop out not the group. If you use my name please use it correctly. I have one of those older Dura Ace groups and I do not have a problem with them using it on that or any other frame. I still stand by my comment that the drop out look a little weak. If I was a premier car company and put my name on a frame, if that is what they did I would have liked a little better look to a small part like the drop out to be better. But that is me. Cool bike none the less...;-) Steven
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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Fred Rafael Rednor Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:44 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]LAMBORGHINI On eBAy
First, weren't the "Lamborghini" bicycles built by a sub-contractor - perhaps not even in Italy? Second, I wonder who decided what sort of parts would go on the frames? I ask this because there is a semi-notorious Lambo bicycle - i.e. the one owned by the German conductor Herbert von Karajan - and it has come up for auction/sale (perhaps more than once) in the recent past. My recollection of that bicycle is that it came equipped with Campagnolo parts.
By the way, I don't know if von Karajan was actually an avid
bicyclist beyong the famous story that he once rode his bicycle
200 miles to hear Toscanini conduct an orchestra.
Best regards,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia, USA
> steven willis wrote: (snipped)
> > Did anyone else find it humorous that the premier
> > Italian race car builder chose a Japaneese drivetrain
> > for this bike.
>
> shimano made efforts in progressive design. i think dura ace
> was lighter
> than campagnolo maybe. and they offered first solutions in
> aerodynamic
> design in the early 80s. so maybe lamborghinis choice (or
> whoever made it)
> was advanced design against traditional (italian) roots?
>
> (snipped)
> > Does anybody see the cheap looking rear drop out this may
> not even be
> > good enough for Dura Ace.
>
> could this be due to the use of titanium?
>
> martin glaettli
> winterthur switzerland
>
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