Well, my custom-built (1981) Visser Vainqueur criterium bike!, at 59 cm c-t, was all SL, except the downtube, which was SP (oh, still is really, I still ride it). Seems like a good compromise to me, and possibly more builders had the same view. Just doesn't say so on the tubing sticker, so how can you tell?
Freek Faro Rotterdam Netherlands
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] Namens Patrick Lay Verzonden: maandag 15 augustus 2005 0:13 Aan: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Onderwerp: [CR]At what size did they go from SL to SP?
As I wander through the acquisition maze that is ebay, I find that this question sometimes stops me from bidding. I can ride a 57, 58, or 59 c to c. I love SL and some SL SP combinations. but all SP beats me up too much on long rides! I know from the archives that Medici , for example, went to
all SP at about 59, so I did not bid on two of these that were recently up. So the question would apply to Masi, Colnago, DeRosa, Gios etc. just toward the end of the timeline. I know as the 80s progressed there was more danger of getting something with a harsher ride as the dastardly bike magazines all seemed to decide that racing bikes all had to be criterium ready with upright angles, unyielding tubing high, bottom brackets, and hairtrigger
handling. I know that the US factories and the Japanese bent to this fad, but what about these and other Italian builders?? Thanks..Patrick Lay in
Chicago