On 02/12/2011 06:58 PM, Mark Bulgier wrote:
> Matt Beecher wrote:
>
>> I picked up a bike with the understanding that it is a Romic.
>>
>> http://s969.photobucket.com/
>
> Matt,
>
> I don't want to insult you if that bike is a favorite of yours, but I
> seriously doubt it's a Romic. The lugs on the blue bike are thick, with
> minimal scooping out at the sides, a type usually used for mass-produced
> frames where the tubes are not mitered to each other -- they're just cut off
> square, and rely on the strength of the lugs themselves to hold the frame
> together.
>
> A good hand-built bike could be made with those lugs, but it's unlikely. A
> builder who goes to the trouble to miter the tubes wouldn't want to hide
> that fact my using lugs made for unmitered tubes. The thinner, more
> scooped-out lugs aren't expensive, relative to the benefits, both
> engineering-wise and to marketing appeal.
>
> I believe that frame was mass-produced in a factory in Asia. The nice
> forged fork crown and Campy front tips indicate the fork is not original.
> I'll bet it was a replacement put on by the person who put the Zeus crankset
> on it -- both are parts you'll not normally see on a frame like this.
I wonder, though: are those CAMPAGNOLO cable guides on the BB shell?
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA