Originally Posted by
ramzilla
I think the great steel frames got started in Italy 1960's through 70's
The Good Old Days really weren't from a Quality standpoint.
We added at least two hours of shop rate $ to every Italian frameset our shop sold to account for flat table/fork rig alignment, milling, facing and tapping before any assembly could proceed.
Metal prep was generally awful/absent, paint was applied casually and decals were temporary.
None of that would be acceptable today.
-Bandera