"henox" henox@icycle.net wrote:
>Calzone - conventional Italian bike from Torino but distinguished by pale
>green metallic paint every bit as distinct and engaging as Gios blue.
>Exceptionally deft cable routing thru the bottom bracket and out the
>chainstay and seat tube that made all the other bikes around seem clumsy in
>their handling of control cables. Subtle and exceptionally nice filing of
>the lugs to consistently minimal thickness. I imported these for a while.
My wife owns an '82 Calzone. At the time, the thru-BB cable routing seemed like a nifty gimmick. In actuality it was not very practical. You could not use a plastic sleeve to protect the bearings, nor could you use a phil-type cartridge BB. Thus the bearings became contaminated more easily, requiring more frequent BB overhauls to keep them clean and operating smoothly.
Steve Goodwin Westford, MA USA
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