Re: [CR]Form Follows Function!

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:59:32 -0400
From: <julians@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Form Follows Function!
In-reply-to: <42DEAA11.8020607@new.rr.com>
To: john@os2.dhs.org
References: <20050720181718.58241.qmail@web32802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

And a hearty amen to that! Will all the luglickers please put their tongues back in their mouths and their 8x loupes back in their pockets and remember that these bikes were meant TO BE RIDDEN!! When you're on the uphill finish of 120k and the snot's running and the sweat is stinging, a lumpy braze on the underside of the headlug really doesn't come into it.

Julian Shapiro
Sag Harbor, NY


----- Original Message -----
From: John Thompson
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:46:00 -0000
Subject: Re: [CR]Form Follows Function!


> Forbes Bagatelle-Black wrote:

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\r?\n> > PY-10 and PX-10s are an integral part of cycling

\r?\n> > history. They brought high-performance to the masses.

\r?\n> > They deserve acceptance and appreciation as classics

\r?\n> > as much as any frame which has been polished to a

\r?\n> > jewel-like finish before paint.

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\r?\n> And best of all, they have a sweet ride that forgives a great many

\r?\n> othersins.

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\r?\n> --

\r?\n> John (john@os2.dhs.org)

\r?\n> Appleton WI USA