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Old 11-04-10 | 09:13 PM
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repechage
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Originally Posted by treebound
There is drillium and there is skeletonized. Too much of one can lead to the other.
Ding Ding Ding.

Drillium showed up in the pro ranks in the 60's. Then moved to pantographing. Colnago being a good example in the early 70's.

http://www.velo-retro.com/peterjohnson.html

Shows when it went almost too far.

Art Stump did some great work along with his bikes. I would have had him do some but I could not afford to take the bike apart, I needed it for training. Too bad for me.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA...p_Art_main.htm
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