Dear Mr. Bernstein: The Modolo Kronos brakes function well. No bondo is present on Cinelli Laser #007. About your Hetchins I know nothing. George Hollenberg MD
> As a Cinelli Laser admirer, and former owner, that does not
> blind me to the
> shortcomings of riding one. Kronos brakes STOP a bike-- has any
> one who claims
> that ever ridden with them? And that the front fairing was
> achieved with bondo
> is simple fact, not an aspersion. These are beautiful design
> experiments but
> in the constant play between bikes as works of art vs tools of
> use, there is
> plenty of opportunity for back and forth discussion rather than
> dogmatic
> assertion. I am much happier with my straight stay Hetchins than
> with my curly-- it
> tracks better and handles better. Though the the curly was a
> more striking
> design was it a better bike? Alan Bernstein, NYC
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George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA