RE: [CR]30's Bike Geometries

(Example: Racing)

In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20070614223132.04936c38@pop.gassworks.com>
From: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
To: mitchell@gassworks.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]30's Bike Geometries
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:44:11 -0400


Speed and comfort, respectively. Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York


>From: Mitchell Gass <mitchell@gassworks.com>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]30's Bike Geometries
>Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:37:05 -0700
>
>It's striking how different the geometries of 1930's road bikes like the
>Legnano currently on eBay
>
>
>http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb148/cazpiroz/?action=view&current=001.jpg
>
>are from modern bicycles. What was gained - and what was lost - in the
>change?
>
>Mitchell Gass
>Berkeley, CA USA