Hi,
Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 9:30:16 PM, devotion finesse wrote:
> Apparently Bianchi is planning a retro lugged steel road bike for their 200
> 9 line up...Complete with chromed lugs and old-style Bianchi decals. I tho
> ugh that some of you might be interested.
> Pics some specs can be found on the link below:
> http://bikehugger.com/
While I guess it is nice that they are offering a steel "KOFish" bike at all, to my eyes it is quite ugly for all that. As Nick March noted, the lugs look to be of the gas pipe variety. The "satin" finish on the non-carbon components makes chrome look cheap (which it probably is), while the chrome makes those satin bits look dull (see for instance the headtube photo). To say nothing about those black carbon bits :) How much more beautiful is the 60s Bianchi Competizione that someone posted yesterday:
http://www.flickr.com/
black top tube regardless...
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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.