> kohl57@starpower.net wrote:
>
>> I admit I didn't even know what a "KOF" was until I had joined the CR List
>> .
>> And was too embarassed to ask. I think it's swell there are folks who
>> still build bikes the traditional way.
>>
>> But I am not in the market for them.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Because I don't quite see the point. A good steel, lugged frame of the
>> right size and geometry and build quality is the same if it's built c.
>> 1956 or 2006. And an original classic frame from one of the famous builders
>> or manufacturers has the added benefit of the history, tradition and ethos
>> that comes with it.
This is not true at all. A 2006 lugged steel bike made with the latest ultra-light steel compares to a 50's Reynolds 531 bike the way the Reynolds 531 bike compares to a stove pipe special. A modern lugged steel frame will weigh little more than half of the weight of a frame from the 50's. No classic bike from the 50's is going to come close to a Pegoretti Luigino or similar bike in ride. The closest you will get in a pre '84 bike is a frame made from Reynolds 753, and these aren't from the 50's. If you haven't ridden one of these new bikes, you don't know what you are missing.
Louis Schulman
Tampa, Florida