Hi all, Why the heck would anyone expect to be able to tell the difference? IMO, there would be absolutely no way to tell. One bike may have soul and one not, but they would ride _exactly_ the same. -Dan Borden in Brookline, MA
At 6:32 AM -0800 3/17/06, Don Wilson wrote:
>Has any magazine or anyone ever done a controlled test
>to see if riders can tell the difference between a
>mass market bike like the Riv. Bleriot from Taiwan vs.
>a Rivendell Custom, for instance? I mean has anyone
>compared custom and mass produced lugged metal frames
>with exactly the same geometry and size and taped over
>all the outward indications of which bike is which and
>then had riders try to pick which one is real and
>which one is Memorex? I figure most list members
>expect they would be able to tell the difference, but
>has anyone actually done such a test?
>
>Don Wilson
>Los Olivos, CA
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>D.C. Wilson dcwilson3@yahoo.com
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