Re: [CR] TOMMASINI PISTA PRESTIGE

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

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From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:26:13 -0800
To: minneman@onomy.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] TOMMASINI PISTA PRESTIGE


They are obviously cast integrally into the shell. What would be the point of laboriously grinding/filing them off? I'm not getting what actual purpose that could conceivably serve besides needlessly jacking up the price.

Kurt Sperry Bellingham, Washington USA

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:56 PM, <minneman@onomy.com> wrote:
> That frame is fairly attractive, but what are cable guides doing on the
> underside of the bottom bracket shell of a Pista frame?
>
> Somehow, that's not the sort of attention to detail I'd tend to expect in
> a "strongly limited collectors edition" framset.  Not trying to be petty,
> it just doesn't make sense to me.
>
> Lowering the center of gravity for better stability in crosswinds, perhaps.
>
> Scott Minneman
> San Francisco, California, USA