Re: [CR]Spec Weight vs. Reality

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From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
To: "Pete Geurds" <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Spec Weight vs. Reality
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:57:40 -0500



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From: Pete Geurds
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Spec Weight vs. Reality



> My calculator's not handy, 59cm is what 231/2"?
> You can bet they weighed the 201/2" model for the catalog.
> Also, cynical me wonders if the pump, and the clips&straps made it on for
> the weigh-in.
>
> Pete Geurds
> Douglassville, Pa

Yes... 59 cm is approx 23 1/2" c-t-t.

No pump but the spec chromed steel Cristophe toe-clips.

I suspect, as others have privately e-mailed, spec weights were based on 56 cm. But that's not enough to account for 2 lbs. Maybe that titanium axle, give or take some for a imprecise scale and more for some brochure chicanery equals more or less what I got! I know... I still have the crank dustcaps on... that's what's doing it.

Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA