Dale and all,
Two years ago the german Fixie.Inc company introduced a chrome lugged
fixed speed bike at the Eurobike. I asked them where the frames were
made ant they confirmed they are mad in Taiwan. The frame had the same
design and that straight fork. Seems to be all the same manufacturer.
Check it out at their website here:
http://www.cycles-for-heroes.com/
Regards
Michael Schmid Oberammergau Germany Tel.: +49 8821 798790 Fax.:+49 8821 798791 mail: schmid@zunterer.com http://www.zunterer.com
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] Im Auftrag von Dale Brown Gesendet: Freitag, 1. August 2008 02:17 An: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Betreff: [CR]Kapu, Dolomiti and Tyler too...
Looks like the "Kapu" (Gesundheit)? and the "Dolomiti" are made by the same Taiwan factory.
I guess they are both technically KOF but somehow I feel we are stretching that definition to a dangerously weak degree. Maybe KOF also means "Kapitalizers Of the Fad"?
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Poore <rauler83@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 7:49 pm Subject: [CR]re: KOF Lugged Steel 2009 Bianchi Dolomiti and more
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