Re: [CR] KOF F/S 55cm Della Santa newvex lugs

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:58:47 -0400
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From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR] KOF F/S 55cm Della Santa newvex lugs


At 05:06 PM 29/08/2009 -0700, Phil Brown wrote:
>So the extended head tube isn't really necessary but has become, in my
>mind, like much of cycling, a fashion statement.

Fashion statement? How can something that ugly be a fashion statement? I guess I must be getting really old and out of touch with today's fashions. But I guess if women covered with tattoos and piercings in their eyebrows, lips and noses and men with 2-days stubble and messy hair are fashionable, then I suppose....

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada