So are you claiming the following?
That after riding 9 road bikes - three from Japan, three from Italy, and three from France...all from the 70's...
...with their paint and distinguishing marks removed...all with the same gruppo...let's say Campy NR...
You would be able to tell which is which?
Wine tasting is back in season in Napa and Sonoma...
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>:
>
> As has been discussed here fairly often, the 60's/70's French bikes with
> metric gauge 531 DB tubing, as exemplified by the Peugeot PX-10, had a
> characteristic ride which many Francophiles find the best riding bikes ever
> made. The pro quality French bikes of the time usually had very similar
> geometries to each other and clearly different from Italian frames, which
> also contributed to the ride. So yes, at least in the 70's there were
> distinct French and Italian "feel" based on different tubing and different
> geometry.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
>
>
> --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Nor Meyer <norbikes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Nor Meyer <norbikes@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CR] Ride Report on early 80's Zunow
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 12:04 PM
> > * It definitely feels more Italian than French,
> > *
> >
> >
> > > I'm curious. What exactly duz the above
> > evaluation mean? Do
> > differant nationalities produce bikes with differant
> > "feel"? A little more
> > explication, please.
> > Thanx!
> >
> > Nor Meyer, in Mt. Vernon, IA
> >
> >
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