James Warren asked: The part about the guy thinking the bike is from the 60's leaves me thinking the following: Did bikes from the 60's have:
upward sloping toptubes with 6 degree angles? multiple rack braze-ons, especially the midfork and midstay ones? 135 mm rear spacing that allows 9 or 10 speed clusters? headtubes with upward vertical extension for height? cable-stops that allow discontinuous cable housing? vertical rear dropouts? <snip> [This] saddens me a little, because it fails to notice the innovative spirit behind the design of the bike: the spirit that equally values all good bike developments, whether they happened two minutes ago or 2 score years ago. ------- James, it¹s all about the lugs ‹ or ³pipe joints,² as I hear them called frequently. They recognize lugs as being the indicator of an old bike, as nearly no new bikes use such quaint artifacts today, so I'll be usually it's a right guess. Modern attributes you mention above are invisible to most casual observers (no disrespect intended; we all have our areas of interest). They notice those those lugs, though, don¹t they? -- Jon ³Papa² Grant, most of whose bikes have pipe joints, in hot Austin, Texas -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
