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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
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Originally Posted by
unterhausen
Sadly, Lemond is right. Logic is on his side.
I think the worst bike I ever saw prior to 1980 was an AMF. Huffy and other American brands were competing for being the worst, but I saw an AMF that could not have been intended to be ridden. My mind is blanking on some of those bikes, we would try to fix anything someone brought into the shop. Most of the American bikes of the C&V period were simply nightmares and incredibly heavy to boot.
I heard the AMF Harleys were just as bad. But that's how I remember it too - which is why I'm always surprised when people dis entry level European bikes like the venerable UO8. Those bikes were worlds better than the true "gas pipe" crap bikes made in the US.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista