Originally Posted by
thirdgenbird
i can afford most mistakes, i can't afford a NOS set of deltas
i would suspect that a backyard mechanic would have trouble tuning a Ferrari GTO, yet properly tuned they will perform excellent. GTOs were not marketed to Impala owners and Deltas were not marketed to the casual cyclist.
My uncle who lives abroad, is a classic car collector with a collection that includes a 1955 Mercedes Benz 300 Gullwing, A 70's Ferrari BB365 Boxer, Lamborghini Miura and a 1965 457 Cobra roadster. It sounds like it would be a lot of fun to be in his shoes, but I don't know if just anyone can take the headaches and the monetary costs to keep those cars preserved and in running condition. He literally spends thousands of dollars on the cars each year for just maintenance and replacement parts that we ship to him regularly. How one might relate that to a bike with Campagnolo Delta brakes and C-Record components doesn't make sense in many levels...........and yes, he does have a live-in mechanic and usually drives those cars with a "support vehicle" with the mechanic in it behind him. I suspect a lot of Ferrari GTO owners do the same with their exotic car.
As I think most of us consider cycling a more "grounded" sport compared to exotic car collecting.
Thanks, but the Impala or Honda world of cycling is fine with me!
JMOs
Chombi