Hi Jerry,
Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net> schrub:
> I am disassembling my recently acquired early 80's Zunow, and am
> becoming more convinced that Zunow is the best Italian bike ever
> built in Japan.
There are a lot of very nice japanese cycles... no need to compare to
italian ones, I guess.
> This extends to the Italian love of pantagraphing/component
> rebadging.
Well I don't like this as much as others do. I like the simplier and understated bikes most if they are well done and/or handmade. Beauty starts under skin and an expert will perceive the quality of a frame even without chrome or baroque lugs.
It's like women- you may adore the styled and rouged one but if it comes to real and long lasting relationship, it will become very important what's behind a nice face and an in shape body.
And in some cases, the rouged women as the pantographed bike isn't better but more expensive. Would prefer the simplier one for cycling.
best regards, Richard
P.S.: Anyhow, I'm interested in pics. Not of Elizabeth, of the Zunow, of course.