Originally Posted by
crank_addict
Who was the premier Italian builder who said chrome was nonsense for a top tier race bike? Added weight and changed the tubes original characteristic -performance traits.
That was Luigi Ricotta-Lasagna late president of the ISFE famous for his assertion that brazing during the dark of the moon imparts a melancholy in Columbus framesets that make them desultory, languid and ill-suited to field sprints while fabrication during the phase of the full moon imparts an assertive bold and aggressive aura ideal for winning breakaways.
Luigi's framesets were marketed in the USA under the "Il Buio Della Luna" name.
-Bandera