With Colnago Master X Light or a Mondonico from Torelli (I am sure there are other brands) selling fully lugged - beautifully painted - fantastic frames at approximate. $2000-2300 for the frames ( not exactly cheap but still not $4000-5000 for frames). I would buy one of these in a heart beat. Mondonico and the Torelli steel frames offer a custom upgrade for not much more than the original cost for the frame (approximate. $150-200 - depending on the tubing). I love my 1983 Guerciotti (Columbus SL tubing) but the new Columbus tubing being used today is (in my personal opinion) a much better steel and is not old - tired - rusty --- only worry free and ready to ride for several decades. There are many good/great frame/bike builders on the CR list and others throughout the world but if the cost is too high then get a steel frame from a manufacturer that is in your cost range. Long live new KOF builders.
Gary Smith TLC for Bikes Raleigh NC 27614
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Howard <95rivieramike@gmail.com> To: Mike Larsen <mnbikeresto@yahoo.com> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 10:52 am Subject: Re: [CR] Tired Iron
Mike,
hat can I say except I like the way you think!!!!
lots are still available for 35th anniversary issue Wizards.
Mike Howard
a Mirada Ca
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Mike Larsen <mnbikeresto@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Fellow Listmembers;
Being the fact I am not to clogged up with todays problems yet and still
of clear thinking. I cannot understand why someone would pay a ton of money
for a old tire frame set when you could get a new Wizard bike. Please call
Mr. Howard and Mr. Bayliss and save yourselfs from spending to much money.
Enjoy thirty years of riding on a fresh frame then sell for your millions.
Mike Larsen St. Paul, MN USA
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