Call me a sucker for shiny objects but I love the fact that many of these new frames have a lot of chrome. Chrome lugs, crown and ends scream STEEL in a proud extroverted way that paint alone never can. One glance and you know it isn't CFRP, Ti or Al, and for me those materials never in practice can equal the aesthetic of a fine steel frame. The highlighted lugs and frame parts can just slam dunk it home.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington State USA
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that people in the industry are taking note of the interest in
> lugged steel. My friends at Chesini in Verona also started building some
> nice frames earlier this year; photos of a few of them are in my blog at:
>
> http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/
>
>
> http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/
>
> Angel Garcia
> Verona, Italy
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Mark Poore <rauler83@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > With the Bianchi Dolomiti, the introduction of the new retro Rauler in
> two
> > models and this Kona that a friend is thinking of buying we might be
> seeing
> > a resurrection of sorts in the industry. While Kona doesn't come with a
> lo
> > ng history of making bikes, I believe this might be the first lugged bike
> t
> > hey have made, it gives one additional hope for the future and the offeri
> > ngs that might come. Do they qualify to be a KOF? I do like the
> discription
> > of the bike: "New this year to the Kona Road program is the Kapu. A
> beauti
> > ful, old school lugged frame that harks (yep... used the word "hark")
> back
> > to when frames were meticulously crafted in only small batches by guys
> name
> > d Giuseppe."
> > http://www.konaworld.com/
> >
> > Mark Poore
> > Slatyfork, WV
> > USA=0A=0A=0A