Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
Certainly some of my early self built frames shared Crit Geo themes. But as I got older I began to more fully understand what Davis Phinny said, after his first year in Europe as a road pro, about the then current "American Crit" frame design standard. It sucked for general road racing and day in and day out riding. The longer the race the worse the rider felt riding a Crit fashioned frame. Andy
I think that's where Richard was coming from. Experienced pro's don't want extreme geometry - they know they have to get up in the morning and do it again.
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