I was unable to find the perfect '70s era Masi for anywhere near the price Tom Kellogg of Spectrum charge me to make a 30th anniversary bike for me with Columbus SL tubing. It is kind of the best of both eras. The wonderful Geo and looks of the 70s, but much more tire clearance (currently using the new Grand Bois 700x30 Extra Legers, could easily fit 35s), the brazing and lug work is definitely better (may the bike gods strike me down for dissing Fidelio!) and Tom's wizardry with the paint is second to none.
I am very happy with the DT Simplex Retrofriction shifters. So sometimes I may not know exactly which gear I am in. As long as pedaling is comfortable, what else do I need? On Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:15:34 AM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > It may be blasphemous to say, but bikes have improved over the decades. > Just something simple: almost all new non-race bikes have rack mounts and > bottle bosses. Try to find that feature on most 1970s bikes. And fattish > tire clearance is easier to find on current bikes than on bikes from > earlier generations. Also, I have to believe that most cyclists prefer > indexed shifting (RBW people excepted). And don't get me started on brakes! > And smart gearing! Every time I've tried to resurrect an old bike, even one > in good shape, I've had to modernize some of the components to suit my > preferences. That could run into many hundreds of dollars. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
